afloat
Example Sentences
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Once afloat, the ice was exposed to powerful ocean forces.
From Science Daily
A long-term equity bull market has kept many ETFs afloat even if they aren’t attracting new investors.
Four years later they were roommates with the Under-19s and now Jacks is keeping Brook's first World Cup campaign as captain afloat.
From BBC
Meanwhile, Lucas was pushing Coppola to do a studio film for hire to keep his fledgling Zoetrope Studio afloat, making Coppola feel pressured to sell out.
From Los Angeles Times
Much of the extra crude hasn’t built up in storage hubs tied to benchmark pricing but instead as sanctioned crude lingering at sea, with tankers loaded with Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan barrels swelling inventories afloat.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
