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anchor

[ang-ker] / ˈæŋ kər /




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On Thursday he went after Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt during a broadcast, accusing him of inaccurately describing the current state of the war, and telling Fox anchor Bret Baier to “straighten out” his reporters.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

This year the EU and Iceland signed a security and defence partnership, and EU officials said the EU "offers an anchor in a community of values, prosperity and security".

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Ed Yardeni, who was recently called the most bullish man on Wall Street by a Bloomberg anchor, keeps getting more optimistic about the stock market.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Ben & Jerry’s is poised to name three new independent directors to anchor the restructuring of its board, following a long search for suitable candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Walter Cronkite, anchor of the nation’s most watched TV news program, summed up the mood of the country.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Banner-University Medical Center anchors an excellent healthcare system that features a high ratio of primary-care doctors per capita.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Mr. Lloyd likes to say that Higgins somehow posthumously led him to drummer Eric Harland, who anchors his current quartet.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

Michael J. Wolf, CEO of Activate Consulting, said Peacock’s first profit proves that live sports and premium programming “remain the single most powerful anchors for consumer attention and subscriber growth.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

His legs pulled behind him like worthless anchors.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

It envisions putting the reactors on floating barges, which could be anchored miles offshore.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The keening chorus is anchored by Roger Troutman, who enjoyed a series of 1980s hits with sprays of talk-box-warped vocals, while the blasting beat was produced by Dr. Dre, the chief architect of G-funk.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The vessel remains anchored off England's southern coast.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

And its defense team, anchored by the First Amendment firm Ballard Spahr, has used that obligation to go straight at the people closest to Trump on Jan. 6.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

He battled the fierce mistral winds in the South of France, only giving up when his easel would not stay anchored.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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

He and four co-hosts rotated, with Bergstrom anchoring the prime hours and bleeding into some of the others’ time slots.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

The buoys mark a voluntary no-anchor zone, to encourage water users to avoid anchoring, reduce seabed damage, and protect declining seagrass habitats.

From BBC Jun. 23, 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

The roots began to move, digging deeper as they touched the earth, anchoring the oak until it looked like it had stood in that spot for centuries.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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