Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg were anchoring the Nationals’ rotation.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022
I wasn’t gonna let us do this if I didn’t feel really strongly about the thing that we were anchoring our brand on and how we were going to move forward.
From The Verge ● Oct. 28, 2021
Jones and Bradley were anchoring the center of midfield but hardly providing a ready conduit to connect to their attackers, while the occasional set piece chances they earned for Michael Bradley were ending disappointingly.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2016
Tiny flames showed where the irregular metal of the asteroid was being shaped to fit the plates the pirates were anchoring to its surface.
From The Runaway Asteroid by Cooper, Michael D., [pseud.]
While the ships were anchoring here a great flood of fresh water came down with a great roar, nearly destroying the little Spanish ships and greatly alarming both Columbus and his men.
From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)
