From the banks, our boat must have looked a bit like some floating cubist sculpture, its white angular structure scored by floor-to-ceiling windows striped with balcony railings, its monochromatic figure floating in a backdrop of clear blue sky.

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Two of my vehicles were floating in the flooded streets and the first floor of my house was flooded.

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Our feet were held down on the floor by elastic cords to keep us from floating around.

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And if you construct a song in such a way that, you know, it acknowledges the floor but is, you know, somehow floating above it, that's always the goal.

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Floating wood stairs, suspended by stainless-steel rods, lead to a second floor, where a sparsely furnished living room and media room overlook the dining room below.

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The entire first floor of his home is flooded he has pictures of his washing machine and couch, floating along.

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The detention of a migrant worker in Shanghai for allegedly stabbing his wife in the abdomen while arguing over where to raise their children and then throwing his one-year-old son on the floor headfirst while visiting his injured wife in hospital has attracted widespread calls for better psychological support for the floating population, says China Daily.

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