keep afloat
Example Sentences
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With income growth pausing and inflation increasing, people tapped into savings to keep afloat.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
“Forget what I had to go through after that to keep myself together and keep afloat in the world,” says Mr. Squier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Rebecca Kearns, from Fertility Matters at Work, co-founded the group with two other women after they all experienced their own difficulties undergoing IVF whilst trying to keep afloat in the workplace.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
The company, she told workers, hasn’t been able to find new investors and filed for court “recovery procedure” before the French Court of Justice to give Technicolor a way to keep afloat.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
It was as much as ever he could do to keep afloat, and when he reached the grating he rolled over in the water, belly uppermost, like a dying fish.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
