floated
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He’s emerged as a breakout star communicator and has been floated as a 2028 presidential contender.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Three words, “Look, Jerry, look,” floated back from memory like a page dropped from a scrapbook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also been floated as a possible contender, although he has described reports that he is considering a run as "100 percent false."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Of the 101 participants in the study, 89 floated unassisted for two minutes.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The other workers say that when we finish making the obelisk, it will be floated down the Nile to the city of Heliopolis in the north.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
