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“Star Trek” kicked off 2026 with a 60th anniversary float at the Rose Parade, and festivities since have included special screening events, a generations-spanning panel at San Diego Comic-Con and TV specials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

"The seats started to float, the captain kept going, and the bow exploded," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Heather is part of one of the passing floats, and tells me she is a steelpan player, although today she's "just partying" on her float.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Demand from retail investors significantly outstripped supply, with over 8,000 times more orders than shares available, it said ahead of its float.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Nim learned the language of dolphins, about the tiny crabs that float out to sea on their coconut homes, and how to watch the clouds and listen to the wind.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

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

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

The handkerchief floats down like a ghost, the initials C.N.B. legible amongst the embroidered vines.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

An AI "kill switch" has also been floated by an Anthropic co-founder as a way to shut down AI software that becomes too dangerous.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also been floated as a possible contender, although he has described reports that he is considering a run as "100 percent false."

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Norway’s $2.4 trillion oil fund also floated a plan to cut its Treasury holdings and reduce its overall government-bond holdings to 50% from 70%, according to a spokesperson for the fund.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 6, 2026

The idea is to develop the technology for movable plants that can be floated off the coast and used to power the port and eventually cities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

There was half a foot of water on the roof, and the manatee still floated lazily in the pool.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

There’s more money floating around the Bay Area than people have ever seen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

This week its cheerleaders have visited US military bases in Australia before coming to Melbourne, and the franchise has installed a 22-yard floating football field on Melbourne's Yarra River serving as a fan zone.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Methanol, however, appears to come from both the nucleus AND from ice particles floating within the coma.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

On November 24, 2021, a French fishing vessel reported several lifeless bodies floating in the Channel off Calais, close to British waters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

There was still lots of room in the cove, even with twenty floating coconuts.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr