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flotsam

[flot-suhm] / ˈflɒt səm /


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As for the newly unearthed song snippet of John’s, “Little Girl” will intrigue only the most dedicated appreciators of Beatles flotsam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He recommends self-nudging, deliberately tuning our media inputs and scrolling practices to reduce time spent mentally fending off the internet’s flotsam and jetsam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

"It was impossible not to conclude," he later wrote, that for Powell "the struggle was about achieving long-term objectives, not simply a mastery of the flotsam and jetsam of current events".

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024

Moreover, Musk’s unbanning of previously banned bad posters has resulted in some truly vile flotsam returning to the platform.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2023

In a little while the chaplain stepped back, and the beige crescent of human forms began to break up sluggishly, like flotsam.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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