float
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Passengers float around in automated chairs, surrounded by screens, food and entertainment.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
For the Magic 8 Ball, it was figuring out how the answer block could float without developing air bubbles, since his version is about an inch in diameter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The storm is expected to float eastward before turning north over the coming days after slowly weakening throughout Sunday and into the evening.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
GWR said Harris had turned Sao Paulo into "one massive street party" by climbing on board a carnival float for his performance on 8 February 2026.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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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Some coral species with fast-growing branches are planted onto "coral trees" that look like old television antennas and are suspended in the water column, with floats to keep them upright.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
And as the USS Nimitz floats past its 2025 planned retirement, the fleet could shrink below the 11-carrier floor prescribed by Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Steelhead Beach is a popular starting place for warm-weather floats down the Russian River.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
Smoke fills the car and then floats away with the wind.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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One ambitious report published by the think tank floated the radical idea of curbing the credit-card swipe fees enforced at grocery stores.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
One option we floated, because I was baptized Catholic, was the iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
He had floated the name change in September before the UN General Assembly, saying it sounded much better.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Last month Burnham floated the prospect of lifting the ban on football fans drinking in the stands, though it was quickly clarified that this is not in fact government policy.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Beside the two trees, brown leaves from the forest floor floated slowly toward him.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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On her Middle of Nowhere tour, Kacey Musgraves turns arenas into irreverent dance halls, from a Ronnie Dunn drag-king cameo to floating above crowds in disco-ball Truck Nutz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Much of the surrounding water appears dark and open, although scattered fragments of floating sea ice remain visible.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
“The idea that this is just some academics floating this…is not exactly the case,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Locals in Bangkok have transformed a flooded street in front of a shopping mall into a temporary floating market during flooding in the city.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
It looked like furniture floating on the ocean surface.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
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