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Recent Examples of buoyed
Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Marsch will likely come away from this game feeling more buoyed than ever about Tani Oluwaseyi – who did not appear until the 78th minute – as the right forward to play beside Jonathan David.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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The online hype faded but the stock stayed relatively buoyed.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoyed
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The buoyant track sees Robyn rapping about having one-night stands while 10 weeks pregnant via IVF.—
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That said, today’s not the best start for the overall buoyant year of 2026.—
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By Saturday the ban was lifted, but several vacationers were forced into extended vacations waiting for their next trip home.—
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Or at least the craziest until Malinin began doing on ice back flips during the 2024-25 season after the International Skating Union, the sport’s global governing body, lifted a ban on the stunt.—
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Whenever the president floated some bizarre policy idea, issued a new threat, or told a brazen lie about the state of the economy, Hassett would be one of the first people on cable news justifying it.—
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The secretary of state did not answer questions about the use of military force to acquire the territory, which has been floated as an option by the White House.—
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Fans were jubilant this weekend after the Chicago Bears sent the Green Bay Packers packing in a stunning victory in an NFC Wild Card playoff game.—
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Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson was jubilant following his team’s comeback playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night, 31-27.—
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After her jumps were completed cleanly, including her high-scoring triple Axel, the audience cheered and danced along with her choreographic sequence, on their feet before her final pose.—
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And to those who have watched, cheered, and supported me through this journey, thank you from the bottom of my heart.—
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Crude oil prices have hovered around $60 a barrel in recent days.—
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At its peak in 2000, GE’s market cap hovered around $600 billion, more than $1 trillion in today’s dollars.—
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Netflix 'The Life of Chuck' Based on the Stephen King novella, director Mike Flanagan's supremely joyous character study – the best movie of 2025 – involves an apocalypse, multiple dance extravaganzas and a haunted attic.—
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First off, given how joyous the holiday season can be, a post-holiday mood drop-off is natural.—
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Speaking during his post-match press conference, the manager felt emboldened by the way his team went down in Newcastle.—
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The lesson from Venezuela isn’t that China will now feel emboldened to act.—
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“Buoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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