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buoy

noun as in floating device

Strongest match

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The number of whales getting tangled up in fishing nets, line, buoys and other miscellaneous rope off the coasts of the United States hit a record high in 2024, with California taking the ignominious lead.

His supporters, unsurprisingly, have been buoyed by both his jokes and his unbowed tone.

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And they are buoyed by internal polling suggesting more people are at least open to voting Lib Dem than for any other party right now.

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Harry Brook will be there as captain, then all of Smith, Duckett and Jacob Bethell will either be buoyed, exhausted or both, depending on what happens in Australia.

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Constitution, may be her best yet, a capacious work that lands at the right moment, like a life buoy, as our ship of state takes on water.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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