floating

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The primary suite is magnificent, with a floating fireplace and a glass-windowed wall that opens to a private balcony.

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

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

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 alternated between doing the crawl, which was fastest, and the breaststroke, which was slower but allowed him to see where he was going and to see what else was floating toward him.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret