anchor
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Breakfast tacos, a Tex-Mex delicacy, anchor the morning hours while salsa-brightened al pastor tacos, burritos and quesadillas are all-day favorites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The monolithic museum is the anchor for a bigger 19.6-acre site in Chicago's South Side, which has long been home to Barack and Michelle Obama.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Pelley was the show's managing editor and anchor and had been a 60 Minutes correspondent for 22 years.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Pelley previously served as anchor of the “CBS Evening News.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Suma and Voxy each hold onto part of my bag while Feathers and Rubio anchor them to the shore, until against the river’s current, they hoist me onto land.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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