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

New Zealand conservation authorities said 240 pilot whales that were stranded overnight at a remote bay … refloated themselves on Sunday and were swimming offshore.—

Reuters

Banks were refloated and the US trade deficit returned to its pre-2008 level.—

Yanis Varoufakis

Examples of refloat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The ship is expected to be refloated and guided back to the Port of Baltimore in the coming days. —

Lea Skene, Fortune, 15 May 2024 Freeing the ship from the bridge debris will ultimately lead to the Dali being refloated before moving it out of the way to restore traffic through the port. —

Greg Wehner, Fox News, 14 May 2024 The next step is to refloat the Dali so that it can be guided to a nearby terminal at the port for temporary repairs. —

Joel Rose, NPR, 14 May 2024 The Dali is currently scheduled to be refloated during high tide on Tuesday, officials said Sunday. —

CBS News, 13 May 2024 The Dali container ship has been stationary amid the wreckage since the collapse, but crews plan to refloat and remove the ship, allowing more maritime traffic to resume through Baltimore’s port. —

Brian Witte, Fortune, 2 May 2024 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

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