ballast

Example Sentences

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It isn’t just because bonds are designed to be the fund’s ballast.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

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

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

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Canvas bags were stitched together from sails and filled with 1,000 pounds of rocks for ballast, and two kegs were filled with glacier melt for drinking water.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong