anchors

/ ˈæŋkəz /

plural noun

1. slang,  the brakes of a motor vehicle

   he rammed on the anchors

Example Sentences

Last year, a Los Angeles Times journalist was wrongly declared dead by AI news anchors.

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One by one, the anchors holding people in place - home, community, family - have been loosened by the constant uprooting of Gaza's population and the razing of its neighbourhoods and streets.

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KION-TV’s news anchors, producers and other employees said they were confused and blindsided by the decision to immediately lay off the more than a dozen employees involved in news operations.

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This round, chicken breasts and chicken sausage became my anchors: affordable, versatile, and easy to batch.

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Undersea cables can be damaged by anchors dropped by ships, but have also, in the past, been deliberately targeted.

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