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flotation

[floh-tey-shuhn] / floʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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A few miles outside Guerneville at Steelhead Beach, several men stepped into the water, laden with flotation devices.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

AFP reporters saw hundreds of people -- men, women and children -- entering Ceuta, discarding flotation rings and clothes used in their crossing.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Their daughters ran to a cafe to retrieve the life jacket and flotation ring used by Craig, who said: "I think the floating devices have to be closer to the front of the shore."

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Besides the legal question, the forecasts are more ambitious than made by underwriters of the flotation.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

I still couldn’t see much of the island—just mist and rocks—but floating in the water were pieces of wood and fiberglass, the wreckage of old ships, even some flotation cushions from airplanes.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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