anchor
Example Sentences
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Iran’s stockpile includes basic ordnance designed to drift or be anchored to the floor of the shallow Persian Gulf.
Contact mines can drift around on the surface with the current or can be moored to an anchor on the sea floor.
From Barron's
His legs felt like anchors dragging across the court.
From Los Angeles Times
The goal of winning top scholar has been my anchor.
From Literature
“But provided longer-term inflation expectations remain sufficiently anchored, we would look for a pivot to easing in this case.”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
