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anchor

[ang-ker] / ˈæŋ kər /




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“Beyond is going to be the anchor for anything that’s plant-based, center-of-the-plate protein, but then we’re creating these other brands…and they all have a story line,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The former anchor Macy’s store at the Bloc closed last year, but Condon said that empty space could be desirable for a buyer with new plans for the complex.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

One man had a fish, another man had a dragon, and the third had an anchor.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

At UPI, I recast stories from the Los Angeles Times into wire copy, and at KNX I reworked wire stories into scripts for the anchors to read.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Santana’s Marisol, likable yet spiky, anchors the revival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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

A technology called Distributed Acoustic Sensing can turn optical fibres into sensors capable of detecting vibrations from ships, anchors or underwater vehicles – potentially identifying threats before a cable is severed.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

In the whipping and snapping branches of the trees, the buds rode it out head to wind, their bodies horizontal, their neat claws turned to anchors.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Tracking data shows the ship was anchored at the southern end of the Bosphorus strait until Monday when it entered the Black Sea heading north.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

“Cities anchored by great universities have successfully made it through this moment in time,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The monitoring systems use instruments anchored to the seafloor that continuously measure pressure, temperature, density, and ocean currents.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

So do I leave us upon this ship anchored by a smoldering, desolate town, where we have been drifting for more than a month, sickly with the smallpox, which only spreads its infamous depredations.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"We used structural studies and biophysical measurements to determine that TCIP3 acts as a kind of molecular glue, anchoring these proteins together," Gourisankar said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 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

Oaks support a wide range of organisms, anchoring entire ecosystems, and also serve the vital task of storing carbon on a warming planet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

In these performances, Parton demonstrated a balance of humour and emotional depth, often anchoring scenes with a distinctly understated presence.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Joaquin leaned forward, and Maya felt herself reach up and put her hand on his arm, anchoring him to her and Grace.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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