anchor
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“We made a few mistakes but I felt pretty good,” Harris said after increasing the Friars’ lead on the anchor leg.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
Years spent away at boarding schools meant English gradually became dominant, though Jaintia - the language spoken at home - remains, as she puts it, "my emotional anchor".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Although the central bank could look through the country’s near-term inflation spike, breaching the higher end of its target would likely warrant policy action to anchor inflation expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The Atlantic archipelago's regional government has consistently resisted taking in the ship, which was only authorised to anchor offshore.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
They were more than kind and courteous, and took us at once on board the Czarina Catherine, which lay at anchor out in the river harbour.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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