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was floating
  • past progressive of float.

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A giant car Beyoncé was floating in at her concerts tilted too far, almost tipping her into the audience, while a giant mid-air butterfly Katy Perry was sitting on plunged several feet.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Olivia Nuzzi seemed like she was floating above it all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

What I would say is I was very disappointed that inaccurate information was floating around.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

So that was floating around, one of the many paths that we could go down.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024

A swarm of them was floating through the deep ocean.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown