anchor
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News anchor Zuhal was pushed out of her job after a series of Taliban orders.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Whoa! We are having an earthquake. Our whole studio just shook. That was pretty big, I can tell you. The desk shook, the lights shook,” one anchor said, as an overhead light trembled slightly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Rideaux, who is known for his smooth auto-tune sound, serves as the melodic anchor on the album, while Hussle delivers his sharp, plainspoken vocal delivery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But Ubolwan Kongsawang, a regional volunteer with Thialand's Stop Drinking Network, said the Buddhist Lent campaign provides a "spiritual anchor" that boosts motivation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The female anchor smiles like she’s discussing a fabulous green bean recipe, not my imploding life.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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One of his acrylic paintings, featuring two angels soaring above the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. monument, now anchors a larger body of work, “Los Angelitos.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Their point anchors his own: Evolution has no plan, settles for good enough and leaves the suboptimal everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Tuchel has, in essence, built his England using a Premier League template in style and system, with a back four, midfield anchors in Rice and Elliot, Bellingham at '10', then two orthodox wide men.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Presumably that involves true augmented reality, which anchors simulated objects in our 3-D space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Climbing the giant swells, the boat clung to the sea anchors like a mountain climber to a rope.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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It certainly helps that this family is firmly anchored by Lynskey, who proves, yet again, that she can do anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, those on vessels anchored near Oman occasionally hear the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
So far, market-based measures of long-term inflation expectations have remained anchored.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
But Finch, 59, anchored a band whose calling card was thrilling, glorious bluntness.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
This was a military model, loud, with a great fan anchored perpendicularly to the rear.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Unlike virtual dark tourism that allows for “armchair travel” to real-world dark heritage sites, there is no physical location anchoring the Backrooms nor any historical tragedy to commemorate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
First, how does the family fund long-term care without liquidating the retirement assets that are anchoring the financial plan?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
TOKYO—The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a 31-year high on Tuesday, anchoring its policy path against the inflationary risks of a war-induced spike in energy costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
At Meymuni Cafe, nestled in the West Los Angeles corridor anchoring the city’s vast Iranian diaspora, cheers broke out about 35 minutes into Iran’s 2026 World Cup game against New Zealand on Monday evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Nobody knows you're here, murmured the trees, anchoring down for the winter.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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