floating

Example Sentences

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“Some oil is floating on tankers, some is delayed, some is stranded and some production is temporarily shut in,” Innes said.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Global oil inventories—which include onshore tanks and oil floating on tankers at sea, and are a measure of the slack in energy markets—have fallen at a record pace since the start of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Hui Chuan's operators told Vanguard it was operating as a floating armoury which stores weapons for security firms who protect ships at sea from attack by pirates.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

With COVID, people could get sick just by breathing in aerosolized viral particles floating around and pushed across an entire room by an air conditioning vent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

In between I dreamed that I was floating in the air, right up near the rafters of the room.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney