anchors
Britishplural noun
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The more their value relies on psychological anchors, the greater the chance of them making a monkey out of you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Suddenly the surest path to growing market share for a local station was no longer hiring the most popular news anchors or broadcasting the local college’s sporting events, but securing “Seinfeld” rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Outdoors, a swimming pool anchors the backyard, surrounded by mature trees and multiple areas for lounging, dining, and hosting guests.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
The lesson Holmes is referencing is the couple’s big relationship reveal, which happened while they were both anchors on “GMA3” and married to other people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
They are the anchors that keep me from knackering my fourteen-billion-year-old atoms back out into the universe where they came from, where they belong.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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