floating

Example Sentences

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Some, such as the Catalina 7, stay around for weeks as floating oil platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Bread pudding is essentially a blank canvas for whatever bits and bobs are floating around your kitchen waiting for purpose.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Once towed to the lease areas up the coast, their electricity would flow back to land via floating underwater cables and, ultimately, tied into the state’s main grid.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

The stronger financial position could support future floating production storage and offloading vessel bids, acquisitions and development of its Indonesian assets, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

There was still lots of room in the cove, even with twenty floating coconuts.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr