float

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Xiaomeng Lu, a director at political consultancy Eurasia Group, says mainland Chinese tech firms are "shifting to Hong Kong" for their primary share listing as "geopolitical headwinds dampen their dreams" to float in New York.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Into it, he compressed 11 entangled, elongated figures, who seem to float in space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"I haven't lived in space for over six months like these three have, and so I won't know how to float and fly," said Hansen.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Why float in debt when you could so easily eliminate it?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

He lets himself sink back, catching himself with his hands, to fall in next to me, and my stomach gets a loose feeling, like it might float away.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam