float
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"Liquid water is denser than ice, which makes ice cubes float. Jon's finding means that diamond would float in liquid carbon at high pressures."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Lisa was standing on top of a Warner Bros. soundstage ready to open the box of prop ashes, to allow them to float over “Old Hollywood,” a lure that Mickey loved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
A safe self-rescue includes being able to tread water for 30 seconds, children being able to float on their back for 60 seconds and swim 15m to exit the water unaided.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But Canada, Germany and the Netherlands had already been defying the rules by letting their currencies float.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Ms. Sadie promises me a root beer float with a drizzle of caramel.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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On stretches of waterfront, people linger in boats, kayaks and pool floats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The process created carbon-rich dust resembling material that floats through interstellar space and is preserved inside comets, asteroids and meteorites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Nolan floats a convincing psychological reason why this Odysseus subconsciously believes his duplicitous actions during the war deserve permanent exile from civilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Somewhere in the North Atlantic, the floats will keep diving, drifting and surfacing - measuring a circulation that is still moving, still mysterious, and still capable of surprise.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
A mini hologram of a news reporter floats above his wrist.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Shein first floated plans to go public in 2022, when it achieved its peak valuation of $100 billion in a private funding round.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The idea was floated by the campaign group Positive Money, which estimated it would raise £19bn a year.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Stuck in traffic on Interstate 84 on a Friday afternoon in August, driving toward the New Jersey shore, Rasmussen floated the idea of filling the channel with nothing but sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Buoys and flippers still littered the ground along the fence, while others floated in the water.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
They floated their way to high ground, then slid their way through the mud up to the ridge.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Interferometric observations collected over Petermann Glacier in April revealed deformation and fractures within the floating ice tongue.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Average U.S. gas prices are floating around $4, according to AAA, while the artificial-intelligence boom has pushed up costs for energy and less-essential goods like electronics.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
There’s a floating population of eagles all over North America, “and many of those birds, when they reach four years of age, are now in the business of prospecting,” Bloom said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The two men were found alive and floating inside a cool box, ordinarily used to store caught fish on a fishing boat.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
And later, when my fever rose and I felt that floating feeling again, I reached over and held on to Miss Zeldy.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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