Wendy Davis

The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future, and that's what I've done.

American Politician

Georges Duhamel

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

French Novelist

Britt Baker

Wrestling kept me sane during dental school. That was the hardest time of my life, and I don't know how I would have made it without the distractions of wrestling to keep me afloat.

American Wrestler

Anand Mahindra

The more I learn about industry structures, the more I feel that once a company has paid the fee, in a manner of speaking, to enter a sector, it becomes even harder to stay afloat.

Indian Businessman

Seamus Heaney

The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful, to get a surge of inner life or inner supply or unexpected sense of empowerment, to be afloat, to be out of yourself.

Irish Poet

Chrissy Metz

I have been able to help my friends and people that I believe in pay their bills and stay afloat in L.A. while following their dreams.

American Actress

Emraan Hashmi

I tried to dance in my earlier films, but it was more like struggling to stay afloat once you are thrown into the water.

Indian Actor

Denzel Curry

I started adapting, and that's how I've been able to stay afloat all these years. It's important to be adaptable.

American Musician

Audre Lorde

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.

American Poet

Diana Taurasi

I'm lucky to have Penny around, she keeps the ship afloat.

American Basketball Player

Used to describe an object's ability to remain on water surface, implying balance or buoyancy.

Physical Balance

Stresses that something is not below the water surface, used in both literal and metaphorical scenarios.

Not Submerged

Originally used by sailors, but it's now part of common language to describe things on or in water.

Sailors' Slang

Often connected with finance, it emphasizes maintaining stability or surviving in a challenging situation.

Financial Stability

Highlights the aspect of enduring hardships, especially in business or economic contexts.

Endurance

Reflects the struggle involved in preventing failure, often used to describe businesses or projects.

Difficulty

Suggests that the action or activity is taking place on water, not on land.

Water-Based Activity

Implies movement or the capacity to move across the water's surface.

Movement on Water

Indicates the rapid dissemination of information or rumors, sometimes unofficially.

Information Spread

Used to talk about rumors or news that might not be officially verified or confirmed.

Unconfirmed Reports

 And then as more and more creators started popping up online, there was just more competition for these five-figure brand deals that had kept the band afloat for years. And to top it all off, our videos themselves -- the creative stuff that we made that our fans loved and appreciated -- that were actually contributing value to the world,

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 to keep our lifestyles afloat and most of that is in our diet so we can become more conscious about not wasting food because every time we waste food we're wasting water if we want to we can be more conscious about the kinds of foods we eat eating more healthily but also food that's maybe a bit less thirsty in

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 it seems to get harder and harder to sustain the friendships I left behind. But right now, sustaining those friendships seems especially important and especially difficult. So I'm wondering what is manageable? How can I keep those friendships afloat without getting overwhelmed?

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 The board’s size and light construction help it displace a lot of water. In turn, a buoyant force equal to the weight of the displaced water pushes up, counteracting you and your board’s weight. This lets you stay afloat while you wait to paddle for a wave.

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 and expanded health care to cover more of the population. They gave money to businesses to help keep them afloat while much of the economy was temporarily shut down. They offered debt relief to millions of people who borrowed money to go to college.

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 inside their heads when they put their heads down to braids this protects them from predators they can see what's in front of them while their head is down it doesn't always work but it has helped their species stay afloat and that's what matters

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 while a prevention focus is concerned with losses and emphasizes safety, responsibility and security needs. Since the best-case scenario for a prevention focus is to simply maintain the status quo, this has us treading water just to stay afloat,

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 on islands that stay afloat for over 25 years. Although global attention is focused on the pandemic, cities are still sinking and sea levels are still rising. And high-tech solutions are definitely going to help us solve some of these problems,

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 ready to lift off to start a new colony if the rat gets into trouble remarkably some of the pupae are set aside to act as flotation devices to help keep the raft afloat as the water level rises further the raft

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 One man approached them with a small baby perched on his shoulder, nine months old -- Malek. He was holding onto a gas canister to stay afloat, and he said to them,

Afloat