afloat

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That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

All they can do is keep the ship afloat and hope for the best.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

We know that underneath, we’re laboring frantically to keep going — sometimes, even just to stay afloat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

In a 1990 Rolling Stone article, Schneider admitted: "We were just barely staying afloat, living off our catalogue".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

I looked at it in wonder and thought, it will be impossible for this barge, as large as it is, to keep the obelisk afloat.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman