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Meanings of afloat in English
Aimlessly drifting.
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Usage of afloat in English
1
Both changed the services they offered to stay afloat during the crisis.
2
That matters, because the periphery governments need Germany's support to stay afloat.
3
The inflow of foreign funds would help keep the local currency afloat.
4
Businesses will need a lot of support to recover and stay afloat.
5
The second ship was still afloat, but listing badly to the right.
6
It was kept afloat by a government-engineered, 500-million-euro rescue package last year.
7
He added the extra money could also help care homes stay afloat.
8
The firm was forced to seek a financing deal to stay afloat.
9
Afterwards, he rented his house out on Airbnb to help stay afloat.
10
There was no pack now; the ice was afloat and moving onward.
11
We have kept an industry afloat with our demand for romantic novels.
12
We don't have enough capital to keep ourselves afloat longer than that.
13
This is what's been keeping me afloat for the last few years.
14
But while the money kept economies afloat, it cannot engineer a recovery.
15
Airlines are burning through cash reserves as they try to stay afloat.
16
We had resolved not to give in while the brig remained afloat.
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South Africa
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New Zealand
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Australia
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