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Recent Examples of buoy
Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 June 2025
At noon Saturday, the wind blew at just 7 mph, with gusts of 11 mph, at one buoy near the center of Lake Tahoe.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Nonetheless, Lei seems buoyed by Xiaomi’s early wins and is now looking at global expansion.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
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Noun
The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory is working on the next generation of offshore buoys.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 June 2025
At noon Saturday, the wind blew at just 7 mph, with gusts of 11 mph, at one buoy near the center of Lake Tahoe.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
For the opening month, Chris Bassitt and a top-five bullpen buoyed Toronto’s pitching staff.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Nonetheless, Lei seems buoyed by Xiaomi’s early wins and is now looking at global expansion.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoy
Noun
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But Burke, with the mining association, pointed to two recent positive indicators for the industry: more U.S. coal getting exported overseas and a surge in the amount of electricity generated by burning coal during the first four months of 2025 compared with the same period last year.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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Mellinger now worries the department will not be able to meet its five-year goals for key performance indicators, which measure progress on the county’s biggest public health challenges.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
7 July 2025
Verb
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He is further accused of ordering the presidential security service to obscure communication records from secure phones used afte the martial law was lifted.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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Evacuation orders were lifted Wednesday night, allowing residents to return to their homes.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
Verb
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In 2023, a Travis County resident died from an amoeba after swimming in Lake LBJ.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
11 July 2025
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Stagnation also causes the water to become unhealthy for the visitors who swim in the pools and draws mosquitoes to the area.—
Ruby Grisin,
The Courier-Journal,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Entrée was tantamount to a cosmic signal that one’s achievements — or notoriety — had resonated in the culture.—
Michael Grynbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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These micro-interactions are powerful signals of respect.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Because the World Cup will be played in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, those countries have been spared an arduous qualifying competition — tense games that would have steeled them for the tournament ahead.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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The founders of Chime trudged into Amino Capital's bare-bones office early one Saturday morning in the summer of 2013, steeling themselves for disappointment.—
Stephen Pastis,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Verb
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The knife seemed to have jumped out of the drawer and was floating towards me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Use floating row covers over seedlings and susceptible crops such as eggplants, which can be decimated by flea beetles.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Then, on July 10, the moon will reach its peak of fullness in the structured and pragmatic sign of Capricorn.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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Schneider highlighted that early signs of AI use cases — such as driving corporate headcount reductions and greater sales — have emerged and created a path towards reinvestment into future growth.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
Verb
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At the end of the first half, I was exhausted from cheering.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The new bunny toy certainly did the trick to cheer Buzz up.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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“Buoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoy. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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