flotation
Example Sentences
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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
The successful flotation raised about $8.5 billion for the 7% of shares that were offered although the over-allotment of shares, allows underwriters to increase that to around $10 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The planned flotation of SpaceX, which builds space exploration rockets and infrastructure but also owns xAI and Starlink, could push his net worth to about $1tn.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Harris’s shoulders sagged like a flotation device losing air.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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