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

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

And as I said in the book, in my mind, I would sort of float away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Airtel Money, also known as Airtel Mobile Commerce, said Wednesday that the shares would be sold by existing shareholders and that upon admission it expects it will have a free float of at least 10%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Shareholder-level activities such as buying back shares held by Qatar Airways, have helped realign Cathay’s shareholding, expanding its share free float to 31% from 25% previously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

You could float on your back because if you started to daydream you’d bump your head on the reef before you floated out to sea.

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 floats travelling past me are full of life and music.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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

A hint of sadness floats across Zara’s eyes before it’s replaced with anger.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

Here’s the plan I floated to both of them.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

They’ve floated ideas like buying remote islands, stockpiling iodine pills, or moving to electromagnetically shielded bunkers in the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Pedestrians in plastic rain ponchos waded through murky, knee-deep water in the Thai capital, some venturing into a supermarket while others floated their belongings in plastic tubs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

We must drag the obelisk to the Nile, where it will be floated to Heliopolis.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

The objects include unexploded ordnance, drones and other unmanned vehicles found washed ashore or floating at sea, it said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

As sellers waded through floodwaters to sell produce like fish and vegetables from floating platforms and foam boxes, buyers walked or paddled between the makeshift stalls to buy their groceries.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia has been lobbying hard to build the new floating docks for Faslane, through its UK division.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Currently, the 10-year Treasury yield is floating at 5.2% and sitting just below an area of technical resistance at 5.25% that dates back to July 2007, which could be a delicate line in the sand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

From the back of the snowmobile, Owen could see white chunks of ice floating on the turquoise-blue water.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz