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float

[floht] / floʊt /


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Residents spent months piecing together the rumors and clues that float through a small town.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Anyway, a casual tuber or kayaker can’t float all the way to the Pacific from Forestville.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 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

Anmuth said Thursday’s event alone could more than double the size of SpaceX’s very small float, which currently stands at just 5% of outstanding shares.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

She clasps my hand tightly, as if she might float away otherwise.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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 floats are only part of the effort.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

“Also, in the second part of the song, she floats away from the stage and the camera brings her over all the tables. This is meant to psychologically tell you how he’s feeling.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Enforcing the new three-times float rule to low-float companies—those with public floats below 33.3% of their shares outstanding—ensures that SpaceX’s initial weighting won’t be significantly higher.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

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

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Others have even floated public ownership of an electric utility to prevent a proposed purchase by the private-equity firm Blackstone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 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 bandana-wearing off-spinner, who hails from a small town in northern India, floated one outside the off stump.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The bits of eggshell floated within the circle, shining like distant stars.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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

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

Pictures published by German media suggest the drone was a relatively small device which airport staff spotted "floating" between the Ukrainian planes.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Onstage, the band playing was invisible even to her own eyes, a trumpet and violin floating several feet above the ground, and a drum set tapping out its own beat.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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