afloat
Example Sentences
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Gavin Honore has been keeping the Mater Dei offense afloat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Pieter-Jon Allis, owner of Stroud Taxi in Gloucestershire, said he faced "continual pressure to lowball" his prices in order to retain customers and still stay afloat.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
On investigation, six animals were found - five ashore and one afloat.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
He does just enough to stay afloat, so I cannot put him on a PIP.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“She has been insisting to my father that you are a witch. She says no respectable woman could keep afloat in the water like that.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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