ballast
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Of this, $4.6 billion would be allocated to an education “Rainy Day Fund” as ballast against future economic downturns.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Artefacts from voyages line exhibits surrounding the vessel, including part of a Chinese tomb that once served as ballast in the hold of a galleon.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
For the Clinton administration, the paper was just what it needed to help give intellectual ballast for its case to raise the federal minimum wage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
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
Below, the Caird was dragged down to the surf and loaded with the bags of ballast, boxes of stores, a hand pump, a cook pot, six reindeer-skin sleeping bags, and the rest of the provisions.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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