flotation
Example Sentences
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The young girl told Chiedza to hold on to the ball as a flotation aid and swam back to shore.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
CEO Mensch told French parliamentarians this month that the company's best shot at independence is an eventual stock market flotation.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
“As such, the key incremental takeaway from today’s announcement is less the flotation approval itself, and more the formal progression toward combined open-pit and underground operations at Mt. Marion,” says the broker.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
But on Dec. 12, he was left alone by the pools at Lincoln Elementary School in Ontario without any flotation devices, according to the complaint filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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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