float
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Passengers float around in automated chairs, surrounded by screens, food and entertainment.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
And as I said in the book, in my mind, I would sort of float away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
GWR said Harris had turned Sao Paulo into "one massive street party" by climbing on board a carnival float for his performance on 8 February 2026.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
In some countries, mortgage rates "float" in line with market rates, so the impact of higher borrowing costs are felt immediately.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Clouds float while sunlight as wide as God’s smile shines.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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
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
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 earth floats like an apple in a bucket.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
One option we floated, because I was baptized Catholic, was the iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
He had floated the name change in September before the UN General Assembly, saying it sounded much better.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Then it was Feyi-Waboso's turn to come to the party as he cut a devastating line from outside to in after a huge floated pass from Skinner found him on the touchline.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The raft was lopsided and riddled with holes, but, somewhat to their surprise, it floated.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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You know, just hitting some tennis balls and having a taco occasionally, just floating through life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Much of the surrounding water appears dark and open, although scattered fragments of floating sea ice remain visible.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
“There’s a lot of capital floating around for these companies, but there’s not a lot of deep intelligence on how to build these things.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The UK government said on Tuesday that national museums would remain free for foreign visitors, after previously floating the idea of charging tourists an entry fee to buoy the cash-strapped sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
I still remembered Grandpa Dodzi floating on his back in the creek, and I’d seen some of the fisher kids do it, and it looked amazing, but I’d never even wanted to try.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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