buoying

Definition of buoyingnext
present participle of buoy
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Verb
  • Land, a new novel by the Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell, showcases her genius for infusing painful stories with flashes of pure bliss, Hillary Kelly writes.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • The work underscores the importance of infusing clean air into the environment, Tolaas told WWD.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The hotel has put conservation at its core, visible in a shimmering field of floating solar panels, which I am told is one of the largest arrays in southeast Asia.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • The image of James’s paper lantern, let go and floating up into the night sky like a second moon, augurs his eventual fleeing from his family.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Japan has recently taken steps to expand its defense posture, including lifting its ban on lethal arms exports and mulling changes to Article 9 of its constitution, which renounces war and the maintenance of armed forces.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 May 2026
  • Aside from these new big punchers, the new space age is seeing a plethora of new companies seeking to cut themselves a slice of the market for lifting small payloads, often in multi-satellite deployments, into low Earth orbit.
    David Szondy May 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • The search features display the fare code and the number of seats left in that fare class, and travelers can view more details about each fare class by hovering over the search result.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
  • But the plumes, cast-offs from the coast of Africa’s Saharan Desert, hovering a mile or so above the earth’s surface and moving routinely across the tropical North Atlantic Ocean, can suppress tropical activity like hurricanes.
    Howard Cohen June 1, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • This unique capability supports readiness while strengthening the industrial base and bringing certainty to modernization.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • Bell unspooled an agenda centered on improving graduation rates and job placement, strengthening athletics, enhancing Greek life and the broader student experience, recruiting top faculty and expanding UF’s academic medical enterprise.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • As for the fish, which was reportedly found swimming in a plastic container in Irizarry’s backpack, it was taken to the Flagler County Humane Society.
    Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • Born April 20, 1959, in Sittard, Netherlands, Hof has set multiple Guinness World Records for cold endurance including running a barefoot half-marathon above the Arctic Circle, climbing to 7,400 meters on Mount Everest in shorts and swimming under ice.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Yet there Knicks fans were, in droves, cheering their team on in their first NBA Finals appearance in a quarter-century.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
  • Hobson played football at Alabama-Birmingham and grew up cheering for the Crimson Tide in his home state.
    Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Although Nilsson would likely disagree, her work affirms that all of us are drifting toward oblivion, with the best days of our lives like so much confetti in the wind.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • The placement of the bite suggests the whale was likely scavenged after death, its body drifting belly-up through ancient seas.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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“Buoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoying. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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