flotsam

Example Sentences

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Pushing racist flotsam and jetsam aside, Bailey has already received a seal of approval from Jodi Benson, who voiced the rebellious sea princess in the original musical.

From Los Angeles Times

Its most haunting components are six unnervingly lifelike human figures dressed in office attire, balled up inside garbage bags like corporate flotsam.

From New York Times

We now know that the U.S.-Canada North American Aerospace Defense Command had blunted its radars to prevent such aerial flotsam from cluttering its screens, according to the White House.

From Scientific American

He argues that some people "not from the Labour tradition" are trying to become candidates, and that too much "flotsam and jetsam" got into parliament under Jeremy Corbyn.

From BBC

At first light, at least four bodies were seen bobbing under the cliffs among the flotsam from the shipwreck.

From Seattle Times