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In recent weeks, NBC’s decision to tap the divisive billionaire to host an episode of the long-running sketch-comedy series has floored the internet and spurred countless headlines leading up to his buzzy “SNL” appearance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2021

He has floored it with the emerald queen of the earth and of the gleaming seas.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

"He arrives at the sea-shore and a sumptuous ship has floored and carpeted for him the stormy Atlantic."

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell