floor

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“Polarization has raised the floor and lowered the ceiling for approval ratings,” said Brandon Rottinghaus, a professor of political science at the University of Houston.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

It rumbles and undulates across the floor, like a lonely camel enduring across a windswept desert.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Each box is marked with an alphanumeric code that tells a dabbawala where it came from, where it is going, which floor of which building it belongs to and how to get it back again.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Dozens of people gathered to take photos and videos of the damage done to the last floor of the apartment block hit, where a balcony's exterior looked partially collapsed.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

There were rocks on desks among the petrified yellow jackets, and glass on the floor right where you wanted to step.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck