Example Sentences

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Rumors of her late-2022 split from “Normal People” actor Paul Mescal had been floating around for a few months when the airport photos with Burnham went viral.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Did you think you were done with balloon news on Saturday after the U.S. military shot down the Chinese weather/spy balloon that had been floating across the country?

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2023

The 32,000-tonne carrier had been floating offshore for three months since Turkey refused it entry to be scrapped there because it was an environmental hazard and the ship was towed back to Brazil.

From Reuters • Feb. 4, 2023

This fit in with an academic theory that had been floating around called Modernization Theory.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022

He had been floating lazily in the Lake of Heavens.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin