floating rib

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.
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The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.
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Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.
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Not exactly a happy quotation over a nature background like some of the images floating around in the blogosphere!
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After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The fire crackled around the Dutch ovens, and the odor of coffee came floating by.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It was like a dream of beauty suspended in the air before you—floating there—and you didn't want to disturb it.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
She wore a gown of white tulle upon whose floating surface were a few dark-blue lilies.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The pole was, therefore, continually floating or rising and falling in steam of ever-varying pressure.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

British Dictionary definitions for floating rib

floating rib

noun

any rib of the lower two pairs of ribs in man, which are not attached to the breastbone

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Medical definitions for floating rib

floating rib

Any of the two lowest pairs of ribs with no anterior attachment to the sternum.vertebral rib