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We spread out a picnic blanket, ate fried chicken, popped cherry tomatoes like candy and watched the clouds float over the treetops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

Unlike their land-based equivalents, their ability to float means they can be towed to different locations.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

I boiled water next, and put a handful of herbs to float in it for a soup.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

His father can be seen waving at rescuers as he floats nearby.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Steelhead Beach is a popular starting place for warm-weather floats down the Russian River.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Madeline’s hand floats to her mouth as a sob escapes her lips.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

Last month Burnham floated the prospect of lifting the ban on football fans drinking in the stands, though it was quickly clarified that this is not in fact government policy.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

A brand-new plant such as the one floated by Honda must be used for decades.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

On a recent journey to international waters off the coast of Malaysia chartered by the U.S. advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, empty, rusting Iranian-linked ships floated high in the water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In their first séances, raps sounded, the tables lifted, and lights floated.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Tehran had millions of barrels of crude in tankers floating in Asian waters that gave it a steady flow of much-needed cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Workers used nets fixed to floating pontoons late Wednesday to guide the animal gradually, but it dived beneath a net and returned to the canal overnight, authorities said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Instead the AI invented several bizarre concoctions, from bacon and eggs floating in a glass of cola - a confusion between "soda" and "soda bread" - to chips poking out of muffins.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

"You're floating around in the air, and you give a little tap with your foot, and you can sail over to say hello to your buddy."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Paddling across the lake on a floating cardboard version of this old girl will be the most brilliant thing ever.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam