anchor
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On Thursday he went after Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt during a broadcast, accusing him of inaccurately describing the current state of the war, and telling Fox anchor Bret Baier to “straighten out” his reporters.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
This year the EU and Iceland signed a security and defence partnership, and EU officials said the EU "offers an anchor in a community of values, prosperity and security".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Ed Yardeni, who was recently called the most bullish man on Wall Street by a Bloomberg anchor, keeps getting more optimistic about the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Chicago’s main financial anchor is its pension obligations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
They pulled up the anchor and bounced away.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Banner-University Medical Center anchors an excellent healthcare system that features a high ratio of primary-care doctors per capita.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Subsea internet cables, which may run for thousands of kilometres beneath oceans, are occasionally damaged by ship anchors.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It anchors the film’s purpose and gives a little bit of hope in what otherwise feels bleak.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Holland became one of the anchors of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man and also led the videogame blockbuster “Uncharted” in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The babble of news anchors with their interactive electoral maps always jangled my nerves.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
It envisions putting the reactors on floating barges, which could be anchored miles offshore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The keening chorus is anchored by Roger Troutman, who enjoyed a series of 1980s hits with sprays of talk-box-warped vocals, while the blasting beat was produced by Dr. Dre, the chief architect of G-funk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The vessel remains anchored off England's southern coast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
HMS Coventry'd been anchored at her usual station north of Pebble Island with the frigate HMS Broadsword.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
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
O’Donnell will also continue in her role as senior correspondent for the network, occasionally anchoring specials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
For Federated Hermes, AI and a tightening Bank of Japan are the major themes anchoring its largest positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Strands of silk as thick as pillars ran from the ceiling all over the room, anchoring the walls and the floor like the cables of a suspension bridge.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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