ballast

Example Sentences

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If you’re not in the mood for a hulking sirloin — and if just creamed spinach and a frosted martini feel like insufficient ballast — skip the burger.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

If they are risk averse, they put >10 years of their net annual expenses in their fixed-income safety ballast and the rest in equities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“We expect high-quality bonds to continue to serve as portfolio ballast in risk-off environments.”

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

To be sure, security co-operation remains the ballast in an otherwise choppy relationship.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Also contained in his report was Captain Perreira’s description of the bars that the vessel was carrying as ballast to keep the ship steady while transporting such a large human cargo to Brazil.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler