refloat
verb
re·float
(ˌ)rē-ˈflōt 
refloated; refloating
: to float (something) again
Although there are no plans to refloat the wreck, divers expect to carefully document and remove whatever they can of Franklin's flagship.—
Bob Weber
Bob WeberNew Zealand conservation authorities said 240 pilot whales that were stranded overnight at a remote bay … refloated themselves on Sunday and were swimming offshore.—Reuters
ReutersBanks were refloated and the US trade deficit returned to its pre-2008 level.—Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis VaroufakisExamples of refloat in a Sentence
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Stabilizing the Dali is a top priority Preventing the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge from pivoting and refloating it away from the bridge’s wreckage are key goals for the Army Corps of Engineers, according to a senior U.S. official and Corps documents.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
The containers must be stabilized and the vessel must be refloated, Spellmon said, adding that the Coast Guard and the shipping company are in charge of this step.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier said salvage teams will first have to remove remains of the bridge from the ship, then refloat the vessel and move it.
—Josh Eidelson Bloomberg, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Despite the 30-degree angle, the vessel was said not to have touched the concrete walls and was successfully refloated.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
According to an Associated Press report, the plan to refloat the ship includes lightening the ballast, dredging the mud around the ship and refloating the ship at high tide using tug boats and the ship's engine.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2022
Early Sunday morning, buoyed by a high tide and a lighter load, five tugboats and two pulling barges, with 500 metric tons of pulling force each, will try to refloat the big ship that has nearly become a mainstay of the bay.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2022
Efforts to refloat the boat and tow it to Sitka are ongoing, Gray said.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
One of the largest ships at sea is stranded sideways in one of the world’s key shipping canals, blocking millions of dollars in trade as frantic efforts to refloat it unfold.
—Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
John Bacon, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
The containers must be stabilized and the vessel must be refloated, Spellmon said, adding that the Coast Guard and the shipping company are in charge of this step.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier said salvage teams will first have to remove remains of the bridge from the ship, then refloat the vessel and move it.
—Josh Eidelson Bloomberg, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Despite the 30-degree angle, the vessel was said not to have touched the concrete walls and was successfully refloated.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
According to an Associated Press report, the plan to refloat the ship includes lightening the ballast, dredging the mud around the ship and refloating the ship at high tide using tug boats and the ship's engine.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2022
Early Sunday morning, buoyed by a high tide and a lighter load, five tugboats and two pulling barges, with 500 metric tons of pulling force each, will try to refloat the big ship that has nearly become a mainstay of the bay.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2022
Efforts to refloat the boat and tow it to Sitka are ongoing, Gray said.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
One of the largest ships at sea is stranded sideways in one of the world’s key shipping canals, blocking millions of dollars in trade as frantic efforts to refloat it unfold.
—Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
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“Refloat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refloat. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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