anchor
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Days before, he delivered a characteristically crude address that singled out CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins in front of a hostile crowd, eliciting angry boos and vicious chants.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Cutting free of that anchor leaves only one direction for rates across the curve in this environment — higher,” Duy said in a recent note to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
For many Ugandans, he was known not as the heir to the throne, but as a storyteller, as a long-serving anchor and editor at the state broadcaster.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Three pension insurance companies and a fund management group have committed 170 million euros to anchor the initial public offering, implying a pre-money valuation of up to 1.3 billion euros, the company said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Indoor shopping centers with one or more anchor stores were known as shopping malls, or malls.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Similar data cables have been damaged by fishing vessels dragging their anchors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
This image of hero worship anchors Walter Thompson-Hernandez’s staggeringly lovely “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” an indie take on the perennial saga of lost men struggling to return home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sam said he had more than 50 professionals in his life, and having "anchors" who supported him was vital.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Moshiri, who joined the BBC in 2003 and is one of the news channel's best-known anchors, told the BBC she wanted to share her diagnosis to raise awareness about the disease.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The walls were hung with orange lamps, old rusted anchors, and thick ropes.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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The hijacked tanker was anchored near the Somali coast between the fishing towns of Xaafun and Bander Beyla.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
For all the concern over inflation being too high for too long, a market-based measure points to it remaining more anchored over the long term.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
“When people think fixed income, they’re anchored to what it was when rates were near zero, but you’re in a different yield environment than you have been over the last 15 years.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The breakout success of singles like “La Diabla” and “La Victima” first helped Xavi find his stride in romantic tumbados, anchored by a keen requinto.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Anansi’s threads crisscrossed the valley, and they were anchored everywhere.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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After anchoring a boat, they placed an underwater speaker in the water and allowed it to drift with the current as far as 19 meters from the vessel.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Playing the high-strung mayor in “Widow’s Bay,” Rhys shifts between droll humor and genuine terror with ease, anchoring the show’s winning blend of real and supernatural.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
“In general, this likely means less anchoring of expectations, more volatility in front-end rates, and a higher probability of policy surprises in either direction,” Pimco economist Tiffany Wilding wrote this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
She’s wearing a designer sweat suit and cute little Pumas—nothing like what she wears when she’s anchoring the news.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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