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floater

noun as in alien

noun as in loan

noun as in outsider

noun as in vagrant

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The bouncing floaters marked a moment for clean energy — the first onshore wave power project in the country.

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The Times, in an editorial, warned of “an army of floaters and drifters and plain hobos now headed to Southern California from all parts of the United States.”

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Plum had another chance to win it at the buzzer, but her floater rimmed out, sending the game to overtime.

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She went coast-to-coast off the inbound, slashing her way to the rim and hitting a floater.

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Powell’s floater with 6:30 left gave the Clippers a 91-90 lead.

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