buoy
Example Sentences
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The show is buoyed by its classic stagecraft, with flats, escape stairs and rolling platforms.
From Los Angeles Times
“For our servicemen this is a life buoy, because it ensures constant and fast communication.”
These roles buoyed the job market over the past 12 months on their own; all other private-sector jobs combined have shrunk.
The ships and sub all survey surrounding waters using their sonar arrays, supplemented by signals from sonar buoys that they and aircraft drop nearby.
The man was rescued after he held onto the top of a lobster trap buoy, which prevented him from drifting farther out to sea.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
