keep afloat
Example Sentences
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To keep afloat, the school stages performances at tourist sites and runs a halal steamed-bun shop.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
“Forget what I had to go through after that to keep myself together and keep afloat in the world,” says Mr. Squier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
The company, she told workers, hasn’t been able to find new investors and filed for court “recovery procedure” before the French Court of Justice to give Technicolor a way to keep afloat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
My will to live was slippery at best, but I knew I had to keep afloat for my eldest daughter, Grace, who loves birthdays, parties, and merriment.
From Slate ● May 13, 2024
“She has been insisting to my father that you are a witch. She says no respectable woman could keep afloat in the water like that.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
