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anchor
noun as in something used to hold another thing securely
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Removing choice is bullying and seems a horrid basis on which to anchor your relationship.
She added: “NBC News is proud to have David in the important anchor chair of ‘Meet the Press.’ ”
Have a kid here –what some pejoratively refer to as an “anchor baby” – and it is tougher to be deported.
“When immigrants hear ‘anchor babies,’ they hear ‘they hate us,’” says Sharry.
“Tom Brokaw would anchor for hours on end for breaking news events and things like that,” Roker says.
At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
We embarked on the evening of the 28th of June, and weighed anchor before daybreak of the 29th.
After you have repeated the Correlation, then repeat the two extremes, thus—“Anchor” … “Bolster.”
On the 2nd of July, we again attempted to weigh anchor, but with no better success than the day before.
At eight o'clock the next morning we got underweigh; but the Dick in weighing her anchor found both flukes broken off.
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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anchor, such as: mainstay, ballast, bower, comfort, defense, and fastener.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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