float
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Koch described being so conditioned by weightlessness that back on Earth she had dropped a shirt expecting it to float - and was startled when it fell.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The Times’ Mikael Wood got an invite to float over Coachella.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
SpaceX filed confidentially on Wednesday for an IPO that may float as little as 3% of its stock when it debuts in June.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Into it, he compressed 11 entangled, elongated figures, who seem to float in space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
You could float on your back because if you started to daydream you’d bump your head on the reef before you floated out to sea.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Vocabulary lists containing float
Party Parlance for Mardi Gras
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