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anchor

[ang-ker] / ˈæŋ kər /




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The morning show anchor recently extended her contract with NBC News.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Every major index is down, and Nvidia is the anchor.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Monetary policy often turns on how the chairman builds consensus by steering the committee’s center, and chairs have historically relied on lieutenants they helped pick to anchor it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

“Stranger Things” used Metallica’s hard-charging “Master of Puppets” to anchor a crucial scene, and that was “huge for us in helping to spread to a younger audience,” Burnstein said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Fear weighs my limbs down like an anchor.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Melvin reluctantly participated in a quick coronation during Thursday’s broadcast as fellow anchors Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Carson Daly announced his victory in People magazine’s latest Sexiest Man Alive Readers’ Choice Poll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Their hosts feel less distant than cable news anchors, more like people speaking honestly without a script.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Outdoors, a swimming pool anchors the backyard, surrounded by mature trees and multiple areas for lounging, dining, and hosting guests.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The same month that news of the scandal broke, ABC parted ways with the anchors, and they deactivated their social media accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Dauntless wallowed, then shuddered and swung about as prow anchors bit.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

However, Bernstein flagged that the company’s cloud portfolio is anchored by high-quality tenants locked into 15- to 20-year leases.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026

Hicks anchored the network’s golf coverage of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

It added that the ship "is currently anchored in Singapore port waters".

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Many Israelis want to see their country more firmly anchored in liberal and secular values.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Firefly universe was anchored in a sector adjacent to the Star Wars galaxy, with a detailed re-creation of the Star Trek universe in the sector adjacent to that.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

When the building wraps around the shuttle itself it reads as a gleaming, cone-shaped beacon, visible from far away; tracing the shuttle’s dimensions and anchoring the museum in Expo Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Mr. Potter’s “Souls Harbor,” which blends gorgeously harmonized phrases, also highlights Mr. Holland’s skills at anchoring a band, whether with skittering figures, conventional “walking” or by digging into a single low tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

So does Rebecca Lowe, who has ridden that wave while anchoring the network’s Premier League coverage from the first season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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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