floats

British

/ fləʊts /

plural noun

theatre another word for footlights

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Instead, ice floats, and liquid water is actually most dense at 4 degrees C. That is why colder water remains below warmer water in lakes and oceans.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

It floats to the top of Google … and is copied again and again by others selling vitamins.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

He floats trial balloons and if no one pushes back, he pushes forward.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

These quiet compositions are both minimal and surreal, as the edge of a roaring fire is rendered in a delicate line, or a multicolored shrimp floats in the middle of a vacant plane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Smoke fills the car and then floats away with the wind.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

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