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Recent Examples of free-floatingAt the heart of each LISA spacecraft are two free-floating golden cubes, about the size of a Rubik’s cube.—Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2025 In this process, nuclei collect neutral, free-floating subatomic particles called neutrons.—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2025 But there’s also a sort of a free-floating anxiety about Agnes, along with a dash of insecurity.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025 It was illustrated with a cross-section of a gooey candy bar; a dollop of beige cream, spiralling up into a wavelike crest; and a few free-floating hazelnuts and leaves.—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for free-floating
Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%.
‘An embrace of brutality’
Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.
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Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.
Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.
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Katherine Alex Beaven,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2024
The boat, a single motorboat, was found floating and half-submerged near the Harbor One Marina.
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