float
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The prophet puppets float “behind this warped glass, which is slightly abstracted and a bit more magical, and separates you from them in a really interesting way with reflections and inks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Kofi Asante wants to float a nuclear reactor on a barge off the Port of Long Beach—and government officials are actively trying to help make it happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
I float amid the hundred-ish attendees, moving from conversation to conversation with various election geeks and wanna-be Josh Lymans.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
Passengers float around in automated chairs, surrounded by screens, food and entertainment.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Walter turns off the propeller fan, and we float the rest of the way.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Some coral species with fast-growing branches are planted onto "coral trees" that look like old television antennas and are suspended in the water column, with floats to keep them upright.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
And as the USS Nimitz floats past its 2025 planned retirement, the fleet could shrink below the 11-carrier floor prescribed by Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The most irritating thing about “Mutiny” is that it has decent ideas that it floats and then casts adrift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
A large number of people and floats took part in the Christopher Street Day event, which passed through the city, before moving through Tiergarten park, past the Victory Column monument, and towards the Brandenberg Gate.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The handkerchief floats down like a ghost, the initials C.N.B. legible amongst the embroidered vines.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Neely clarified that Sanders made the so-called offer while joking around on the show in May and hadn’t actually floated the idea to actual media members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
When she floated the idea that AI might solve it one day, the suggestion was so preposterous that he thought she was joking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
One ambitious report published by the think tank floated the radical idea of curbing the credit-card swipe fees enforced at grocery stores.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
One option we floated, because I was baptized Catholic, was the iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
If he and Abby floated away from Magpie Island, even a helicopter might have trouble spotting them.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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In mid-August, shareholders were floating a valuation of $2 trillion.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
They offer a discounted borrowing rate for an extended period—typically three to 10 years—before floating to the market rate and continually resetting for the life of the loan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
"He was just floating for those last 17 days. It was great. It was joyous."
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Rather than floating through walls or ignoring their surroundings, they appear to follow familiar physical rules.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Because he’d activated his invisibility brooch, it appeared as if a rabbit balloon animal was floating on its own.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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