ballast

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If you’re not in the mood for a hulking sirloin — and if just creamed spinach and a frosted martini feel like insufficient ballast — skip the burger.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

If a retiree is risk tolerant, they put 5X their net annual expenses in their fixed-income safety ballast and the rest in equities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“We expect high-quality bonds to continue to serve as portfolio ballast in risk-off environments.”

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

To be sure, security co-operation remains the ballast in an otherwise choppy relationship.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

To reach them, the men had to crawl on hands and knees over the stone ballast, then wriggle forward on their stomachs over the crates of stores.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong