deflated

Example Sentences

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It was only barely refloated by rescue vessels before new ice formed, which would have trapped it over winter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

The whales were refloated by lifting them on sheets.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

Later Sunday and after a five-hour effort, the MSC Istanbul was refloated.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2023

Treasury Department sanctions being refloated in Indonesia is filled with Venezuelan fuel, according to vessel monitoring services.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2022

Blue Team’s sixteen lost ships, which were lying at the bottom of the Persian Gulf, were refloated.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell