How to Use floating island in a Sentence
floating island
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And what about floating islands?
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
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The lounge area was traded for more seating and a floating island, the bussing, self-serve water and utensil station.
—Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2025
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The swamp's prairies are vast, watery expanses dotted with floating islands and stands of cypress and other trees.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
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The most popular sites nearby include the Uros floating islands and Taquile island.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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There are ancient ruins hidden among the peaks of Colombia, and floating islands on Peru’s most sacred lake.
—Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
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The Okefenokee swamp's prairies are vast, watery expanses dotted with floating islands and stands of cypress and other trees.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
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Mystery of the floating island Volcanic islands, like the famed Hawaiian chain, are typically buoyed by hot, active magma plumes pushing up the Earth’s crust.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
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The desserts are divine, especially the fluffy floating island, the perfect profiteroles, the crusty crème brûlée and the Trou Normand, a yummy apple sorbet slathered in Calvados.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
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On the Peruvian side, travelers can visit the Uros floating islands, the artificial islets woven from totora reeds and home to communities that have lived here for centuries, then settle into a rustic homestay at Amantaní for a quieter look at life on the lake.
—Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
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There is a casino that defies the laws of gravity, a planet made entirely of water populated by Bloopers (little white squid-like creatures), and a constellation of floating islands called the Honeyhive Galaxy, which is run by bees and dotted with giant pink flowers.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 31 Mar. 2026
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And the Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter has proposed transforming Gothenburg’s waterfront into a ‘floating garden’, with floating islands blending recreation, biodiversity and climate resilience.
—Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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