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anchor

[ang-ker] / ˈæŋ kər /




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Longtime on-air anchor Glen Walker is making his way back to broadcast news in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It can’t, because the institutions that might anchor it—codified term limits, intraparty democracy, collective leadership norms—were either never established or were already hollowed out before he arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“The more high-quality businesses that reach public markets, the greater the chance that a handful will compound at outsized rates and anchor index returns over a decade or more.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"We've got football news - we call it soccer - the rest of the world calls it football," says anchor Bob Ley in an upbeat delivery to the camera.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Sometimes they moved a mile before they were forced to anchor again; sometimes only half a mile; sometimes it seemed the huge dripping anchors barely broke water before the wind died again.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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