afloat

Example Sentences

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Keeping the ship afloat until the talented recruiting class that includes Saniyah Hall makes its way to campus.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

A growing share of middle-income workers report taking on debt or relocating to lower-cost housing simply to stay afloat.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

In a 1990 Rolling Stone article, Schneider admitted: "We were just barely staying afloat, living off our catalogue".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The company has said in court filings that it had no choice but to use lenders’ money to keep the business afloat before filing for bankruptcy in January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

If you had been looking for a very long, geologic time, you could have seen the continents them- selves in motion, drifting apart on their crustal plates, held afloat by the fire beneath.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas