anchor
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Dana Perino, a news anchor and former White House press secretary, wrote her first romance novel about liberal women and conservative men in Wisconsin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
"And sometimes they do it for their own safety, so that tigers cannot attack them, when they anchor their boats near forest canals."
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
The anchor investors who plan to buy almost $2.8 billion of shares will get a sweeter deal—1.5 shares of the management company for every five shares of the closed-end fund.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Tom Llamas, anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” was seated next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio when Secret Service agents pulled Rubio and his wife away as White House officials were evacuated.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
I reached behind me, grasping onto the cast-iron base to anchor myself.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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