floating

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Upon entering the home, guests are greeted with a stunning two-story foyer punctuated by a floating staircase.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

At the center, they placed a 1.5-meter-wide pool of crude oil floating on water.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 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

They don't realize that floating in the air on dust particles, lurking on fingertips, or growing on the shiny steel blades of their unwashed surgical scalpels are single-celled bacteria and other microscopic life forms.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman