bubble float

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noun

angling a hollow spherical float that can be weighted with water to aid casting

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How to use bubble float in a sentence

In the meantime, Epstein has tried to use his charitable projects to float him back to the top.
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Even as early as December 4, remarks from inside the bubble were cryptic and frightened.
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The housing bubble was at very the center of the financial crisis that birthed Dodd-Frank.
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All sorts of government policies blew that bubble up until it popped.
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You can go as deep as you like, or float about on the surface.
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One frequently wishes to ascertain the specific gravity of quantities of fluid too small to float an urinometer.
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Or turn from the gray officials to the purple citizens of the soap bubble commonwealth of socialism.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The cloud coals grow fainter—now purple; and now in ashes they float away into the chill blue.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Violet laid the tin plate over the top for a cover, and they all stood by to hear the first bubble.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
A huge float comes along, depicting the stone age and the primitive man, every detail carefully studied from the museums.
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