stay afloat

Example Sentences

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Now, you’re having to choose whether you want to have children or stay afloat in your career.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Billy-Jo Pierce says she is "living in survival mode", juggling multiple jobs to stay afloat in Bristol, the UK's second most expensive city.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The airline had been trying to stay afloat with the help of the U.S. government, but a bailout failed to materialize.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

He saw leasing part of his land to a solar company as a way to stay afloat and keep the land in the family.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

While you’re working you’re going to stay afloat, but the minute you stop moving is the minute you start sinking.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones