floated
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The plan was for a currency exchange, somewhat like a bank, but that could be floated with anonymous investments and operate without the strictures of regular banks.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
To greater or lesser degrees Burnham has floated more "public control", cost of living support, small business rates relief, and higher infrastructure investment and higher defence spending.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
These are inspired by the butter-soaked spiced Saltines that have long floated around Southern church cookbooks, family recipe boxes and bar snack menus.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
That earlier book floated an eye-catching thesis that Mr. Mandelbaum now fleshes out fully: that U.S. foreign policy is, indeed, distinctive, being “unusually ideological, unusually economic, and unusually democratic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The yarn floated on top for a little longer before the water covered that, too.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
