1.   Backyards have become rolling rivers for ducks and an occasional floating log.

2.   A floating log or branch had knocked it off-center, and it leaned to one side like an old, settled gravestone.

3.   A floating log, borne first one way and then the other, can take months to reach the Atlantic from Albany.

4.   But restoration work is as slippery and unstable as a floating log.

5.   During high-water releases, the river can be dangerous, not only because of floating logs, but because of the currents.

6.   Nolan also delivers several thrilling set pieces amid the pervading gloom, including a harrowing chase that finds Dormer fighting for breath beneath huge floating logs.

7.   Or that it was a floating log.

8.   Relaxing in one is like trying to relax while sitting on a floating log.

9.   The conventional wisdom, he said, is that the animals got there by rafting, arriving on floating logs from the mainland.

10.   Many villagers were using floating logs of banana trees to ferry women and children to high grounds.