1.   Clark had been the consistent one, yet his control escaped him against the Expos, and he left pitches afloat for the most unlikely home run hitters.

2.   Fate left him afloat in the ocean after his mother and stepfather were killed trying to cross illegally from Cuba to the United States.

3.   To comply with the treaty, Russia removes its nuclear missiles from the subs, but leaves them afloat with reactors and fuel in place.

4.   In the days that followed, Navy clean-up crews boarded the ships left afloat to try to save them by swabbing away contamination.