Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: afloat

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Additionally, founding director Michael R. Winston thanked his fellow panelists for keeping the research center afloat during what he described as “lean times.”

Source: https://thehilltoponline.com/2023/11/20/moorland-spingarn-research-center-celebrates-50-years-of-exploring-black-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moorland-spingarn-research-center-celebrates-50-years-of-exploring-black-history

After all the hustling that Leandro Leviste had to do this year just to keep his solar firm SP New Energy Corp. (SPNEC) afloat, he was elected as the company’s vice chair and stepped aside as president and chief executive for Pangilinan.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/438653/finally-christmas-for-ibc-13

After being charged and but before being sentenced, Schulte submitted multiple fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program funds, money that was intended to help businesses stay afloat in the wake of the COVID pandemic.

Source: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-woman-already-in-prison-gets-more-time-for-covid-fraud-39219123

At 17, she works mornings before school to help her parents and brother keep their fishing business afloat.

Source: https://collider.com/tetris-movie-release-date-trailer-cast-plot/

At a cabinet meeting at Liverpool Town Hall last night, the council rubber stamped its plan to transfer the ownership of its Lifestyles venues in Everton Park and Park Road in order to try and keep them afloat.

Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/cash-strapped-liverpool-council-hand-28321526

Before he had the opportunity for the comebacks, revivals and collaborations that have kept many fashion designers afloat in recent years, Gibb died of cancer in 1988, aged 44.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/10/a-punk-a-monkey-a-maths-genius-our-pick-of-local-heroes-who-deserve-a-blue-plaque

Bingo halls are clearly having to adapt to stay afloat.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-65615206?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

"Businesses are doing all they can to stay afloat and for some, that means taking hard decisions to reduce trading hours, close more often, or even completely shut for the winter.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-64177298?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

But to stay afloat, McCarthy would have needed the Democrats to save him.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/why-kevin-mccarthy-was-ousted-house-republicans-matt-gaetz-democrats.html?via=rss

Can the brand even stay afloat as a subsidiary of the Bay?

Source: https://thewalrus.ca/zellers-nostalgia/

CoinShares remains afloat despite heavy FTX losses: Q4 reportcointelegraph.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/cce75b504bbd35c5?ref=ff

Coleman kept the Cavaliers offense afloat early, giving Callaway a narrow 14-13 lead after the first quarter.

Source: https://www.lagrangenews.com/2023/01/06/deshun-coleman-powers-cavs-to-region-win/

Despite the media’s attempt to keep Biden’s “Uncle Joe from Scranton” persona afloat, Biden is and always has been a vicious demagogue and a deeply dishonest pol who mouths whatever he thinks will do him the most good at any moment.

Source: https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/01/09/axios-biden-will-pivot-to-the-center-for-2024-bid-um-n522523

Finally, Silco's death will mean a falling apart of Zaun, and a struggle to keep the underground afloat as Piltover attacks.

Source: https://screenrant.com/arcane-season-1-ending-explained/

For a while now, the news industry has been struggling to keep afloat.

Source: https://energeticcity.ca/2023/10/29/energeticcity-ca-weekly-review-media-literacy-week/

Gene Veeder, a cattle rancher and musician from North Dakota who attended the festival with his daughter Jessie, said music has helped him keep his family afloat at different times, especially when Jessie was an infant.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-03-27/busting-the-myth-of-the-cowboy

Half of respondents to the survey said they have been forced to borrow money from friends or family to keep afloat, 30 per cent have been in their overdraft for consecutive months and 28 per cent are unable to pay off their credit cards each month.

Source: https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/nhs-strikes-2023-junior-doctors-begin-voting-on-industrial-action-heres-when-they-may-strike-3979605

He jumped into the waters of Lahaina Bay and kept himself afloat and alive for about nine hours.

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/10/this-maui-fire-survivor-faced-unbelievable-obstacles/

He then mulled on the concept of essential workers, a term that became commonplace at the start of the pandemic to describe people who worked in positions crucial to helping society stay afloat, such as grocery workers, farmworkers and fast food workers.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-09-16/tribeca-premiere-film-latino-sci-fi-artificial-intelligence

However, Mariota has done nothing to show he would be capable of keeping the Eagles afloat in the event that Hurts went down.

Source: https://larrybrownsports.com/football/marcus-mariota-cut-eagles/619506