Example Sentences
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Floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1965, it wrapped John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s compositions in a public company designed to spread risk and soften the tax bite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Floated as a theory among some academics and activists for decades, support for no-strings-attached direct payment programs has swelled in recent years, cropping up in dozens of cities and counties in the United States.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2023
Floated into my account yesterday, some old retirement IRA or something.
From Forbes • Oct. 8, 2014
Floated idea to players association about switching from planes to trains for cost savings – you would’ve thought I asked ’em to add a fourth period to every game.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2012
Feathers too were strew'd Widely o'er the field; High away the down Floated in the air.
From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob
