flotsam

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Served over ice in a short glass and topped with fruit-salad flotsam, the elixir is lightly caffeinated, mildly fruity and as refreshing as stepping out of the Hanoi humidity into full-blast air conditioning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

“It’s like humans are flotsam that don’t pose a threat, and aren’t food, so they’re ignored,” Lowe said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Moreover, Musk’s unbanning of previously banned bad posters has resulted in some truly vile flotsam returning to the platform.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

Even then, the yuks spillith over into the closing credits whose margins are cluttered with funny bits of illustrated flotsam like Lighterfinger candy bars and Sizzlemint gum.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Fire and water collided, superheated steam, and I shot upward from the heart of the volcano in a huge explosion, just one piece of flotsam thrown free by a million pounds of pressure.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan