anchor
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I even said at one point, I said, “Can we get away with the jacket, you know, the anchor jacket?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Glucksmann was meanwhile targeted through false information about his partner, the star news anchor Lea Salame who presents the main evening news programme on France 2 TV.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
He also has clashed with former MS Now anchor Joy Reid and is engaged in a longstanding feud with NBA star LeBron James.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
She had come to believe the best place to keep the spotlight on her mother’s case—and the investigators in charge—was at the TV anchor desk at Studio 1A, Rockefeller Plaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“I go in first. You anchor us the best you can on the other end.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Subsea internet cables, which may run for thousands of kilometres beneath oceans, are occasionally damaged by ship anchors.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
If the truck and the Walkman were metaphorical beacons, a modest gold, rope necklace and Jeff Kent’s mustache were concealed anchors even when in plain sight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Tuchel has, in essence, built his England using a Premier League template in style and system, with a back four, midfield anchors in Rice and Elliot, Bellingham at '10', then two orthodox wide men.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Presumably that involves true augmented reality, which anchors simulated objects in our 3-D space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
She turned with the waves, her nose pointing out into the surf, and then the aft anchors dropped and the ship stilled.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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And its defense team, anchored by the First Amendment firm Ballard Spahr, has used that obligation to go straight at the people closest to Trump on Jan. 6.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s back because the portfolio finally caught up to where the value is: across public markets, private equity, venture capital and real assets, anchored by a fixed-income allocation that pays you to wait.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
It certainly helps that this family is firmly anchored by Lynskey, who proves, yet again, that she can do anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The show is normally anchored by a well-known comedian, who introduces two other comics to present their own stand-up routines at London's Hammersmith Apollo.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Spies reported that there were now more than 430 British ships anchored off nearby Staten Island, and at least forty thousand soldiers.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
He has slashed .234/.357/.486 over 1,039 regular-season games with the club, anchoring lineups alongside countless big-name teammates while evolving into a trustworthy defender.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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
An institutional investor is anchoring a $35 million PIPE, or private investment in public equity, alongside the de-SPAC transaction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
First, how does the family fund long-term care without liquidating the retirement assets that are anchoring the financial plan?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
“It’s all just because this is new,” Claire continued, still holding on to Maya’s wrist, anchoring her in the grass.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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