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Recent Examples of buoy
Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
After realizing their predicament, the couple was forced to swim to a buoy about a mile from shore.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
The rise of the K-shape Stock market rallies and appreciating home values tend to buoy high-earner households, which disproportionately own such assets, and leave lower-income households behind.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 27 May 2026
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Noun
That gear stores the rope and buoy with a trap on the seafloor until an acoustic release mechanism sends the buoy to the surface.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
After realizing their predicament, the couple was forced to swim to a buoy about a mile from shore.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
The rookie finished with 27 points to buoy the Sky offense.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
The rise of the K-shape Stock market rallies and appreciating home values tend to buoy high-earner households, which disproportionately own such assets, and leave lower-income households behind.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoy
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The overall score is based on a nation’s performance across 38 indicators in 12 categories, including tax treatment, rule of law, quality of life, investor and high-net-worth migration pathways, family inclusion, geopolitical stability, and capital mobility.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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This squishy honor of a marshmallow doesn’t even require devouring it—the indicator that psychologists took as the signal of its depleted future life.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Finland’s parliament on Wednesday voted to lift a decades-old ban on nuclear weapons, approving a major defense policy shift aimed at aligning the country more closely with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deterrence strategy.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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The hospital was initially placed on lockdown, but that order was lifted several hours later as police began clearing the scene.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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An Australian lifeguard helped rescue a woman who was critically injured by a white shark while swimming off a popular Sydney beach on Saturday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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If the sharks are swimming around, the ecosystem is probably okay.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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The contributions to Becerra and Bonta are one signal that AI giants and their employees have taken notice, investing in state elections in addition to congressional races.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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By examining how the atmospheric signal changed over time, Gapp and his team found that the evening side absorbed slightly more starlight than the morning side, the study reports.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Boeing’s loss steeled its resolve and freed up engineers to work on the biggest airplane ever built for commercial service.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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Instead, Altman appeared jittery at first but steeled his nerves rather quickly.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Political observers often float Ossoff as a potential 2028 candidate for president, but he's waved away speculation.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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This matters more on scenic itineraries than on port-heavy Mediterranean cruises, where the ship often functions as a floating hotel between destinations.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Authorities said there were no signs of a struggle in the home.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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The surest sign of improving standards in Ghana and other African countries, Hughton thinks, will be when diaspora players born elsewhere in the world opt to follow their roots.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Early yesterday, as Argentina sealed a 3-0 victory over Algeria, hundreds of fans gathered on the courtyard lawn of Beijing’s Argentine Embassy to cheer the team on.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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As World Cup soccer fans cheer for their teams in Los Angeles and stadiums across the nation, FBI agents are working in command centers, watching out for unauthorized flying objects.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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“Buoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoy. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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