anchoring

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Debates about the underlying evolutionary mechanisms followed, even at the molecular level, but these discussions raced ahead without anchoring the origin of osteoderms in a clear evolutionary timeline leading to today’s reptiles.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Griffin himself called the video “creepy and weird,” publicly contemplating pulling out of anchoring a new building at 350 Park Avenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

A ditty anchoring one of Explosive Media’s most popular videos, “L.O.S.E.R.,” tops a Spotify playlist that it created.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

The Dodgers were consistent winners with Lopes, Garvey, Russell and Cey anchoring the infield, but lost the World Series in 1974 to the Athletics and in 1977 and ’78 to the Yankees.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He thought he recognized it as Charlie Torval’s—Charlie lived on New Sweden Road and made his living building bulkheads and docks and anchoring mooring buoys.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson