anchor
Example Sentences
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Thinner ice leads to fewer grounded ridges with deep enough bases to anchor the ice to the seafloor.
From Science Daily
A wannabe cavalry unit, anchored in the center by an agent on a white horse, swept through a soccer field where children were attending day camp just minutes before.
From Los Angeles Times
Tyndale’s text would be the basis for all subsequent English Bibles, which would anchor democratic revolutions of the English-speaking world.
“She anchors us on both ends, down in the paint, especially defensively,” Rice said.
From Los Angeles Times
Those long-term expectations are anchored, the strategists find, looking at both market prices and surveys.
From MarketWatch
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