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floats

British  
/ fləʊts /

plural noun

  1. theatre another word for footlights

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In the image, a white Lego logo set in a red background floats in a sunny sky, emblazoned with two words in Ukrainian: “Sorrow Cubes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"This is largely because oil floats, so the dispersal of oil remains on the surface and doesn't really interact with corals except in the most shallow areas," Burt said.

From Barron's

A butterfly floats by outside the treehouse window—orange and black, like the monarchs that hatched in Dr. P’s butterfly habitat when we were younger.

From Literature

They were ice blue, the color of the ice that floats down from the Bering Sea on the days when the sun is at its tallest.

From Literature

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

From Salon