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keep afloat
verb as in buoy (up)
verb as in survive
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Example Sentences
“With careers collapsing and organisations struggling to keep afloat, artists are increasingly having to leave the industry completely, and arts organisations are diminishing their output as they fight for survival,” she said.
While the figures exclude money pouring into the race from PACs, many of which are funded by uber-wealthy Trump allies, the figures suggest that Trump’s stalling campaign costs more money to keep afloat than it can pull in, as donations slip slightly from July’s nearly $139 million sum.
My will to live was slippery at best, but I knew I had to keep afloat for my eldest daughter, Grace, who loves birthdays, parties, and merriment.
Next, Ms Ambaraje describes a nightmare jumble of bodies living and dead, as she struggled to keep afloat.
China, North Korea’s biggest source of aid, is believed to have long shipped clandestine assistance to help keep afloat its impoverished socialist ally, which it views as a bulwark against U.S. influence on the Korean Peninsula.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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