floating

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Morningstar’s revenue projections are also significantly more conservative than the numbers floating around Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

The Port of Long Beach aims to become an assembly hub for floating offshore wind turbines, while the state awaits a more favorable federal administration for their deployment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

First, the more than 170 tankers now floating in the Persian Gulf have to leave it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The mission used inflatable cushions to pull it to the surface before dragging it back to the North Sea on a floating platform.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

He was floating in a halfway state between dreaming and being aware of where he was.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret