flotsam
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Served over ice in a short glass and topped with fruit-salad flotsam, the elixir is lightly caffeinated, mildly fruity and as refreshing as stepping out of the Hanoi humidity into full-blast air conditioning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Though I’ve never been a morning person, I’ve been waking at 5 a.m., thoughts churning in my head like flotsam.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2023
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
Nearly a year and a half after the full-scale Russian invasion, the war remains a supply line of sorts for Reva, a never-ending tide tossing up new flotsam and jetsam.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023
“Gaea opened the earth, and I was consumed, exiled here in the belly of my father Tartarus, where all the useless flotsam collects—all the bits of creation he does not care for.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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