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[floht] / floʊt /


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On summer weekends, thousands show up in Guerneville with kayaks, canoes, inner tubes — just about anything that will float, preferably with a cooler attached.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

But Canada, Germany and the Netherlands had already been defying the rules by letting their currencies float.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

As he speaks, multiple Starlink devices -- part of the constellation of thousands of internet satellites launched by US tycoon Elon Musk's SpaceX -- float by on the control room screens.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

These are companies with clearer operating histories, proven economics, and market structures that aren’t being distorted by an unusually small float.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

I dropped twenty coconuts into Keyhole Cove to see how long they’ll float.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

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

On stretches of waterfront, people linger in boats, kayaks and pool floats.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The process created carbon-rich dust resembling material that floats through interstellar space and is preserved inside comets, asteroids and meteorites.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Emiliano Zapata’s face floats next to an Aztec pyramid, and a pachuco hangs out with a female Brown Beret.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

The velvet armchair slides forward from a corner packed with trunks and scarves while the tailcoat floats up from it like a shadow, obediently hanging itself in a wardrobe.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Buoys and flippers still littered the ground along the fence, while others floated in the water.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh this week floated to colleagues the prospect of meeting less often, which would mark a substantial shift in its operations, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The plan was for a currency exchange, somewhat like a bank, but that could be floated with anonymous investments and operate without the strictures of regular banks.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

The ideas floated by Burnham in recent days have the feel of a Christmas wish list: ambitious but without the costs worked out yet.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Out of the darkness, “luminous clouds” of light floated around the room.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The good news is that City Council Speaker Julie Menin has been floating proposals aimed at reversing the rise in e-bike mayhem.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Citizen Zoo has also set up camera traps and "latrine rafts" - floating rafts where the water voles defecate - to help gather evidence of the population on the Hogsmill.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Eliminating the cap on how much people pay into the program is a suggestion that has been floating around for years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

At that time, “Love” was floating around 1 million listeners on Spotify.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

I had to stop floating and come back down to Earth and get Miss Zeldy a drink.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney




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