21.  Another furiously treads water with just her feet and keeps snappily saluting . . . well, nobody.

22.  At each practice, Carey would tread water in the diving well for almost an hour and a half, an excruciatingly tedious and lonely exercise.

23.  As they approached, the men began treading water.

24.  Bernie Williams, treading water in pursuit, reached out to cut off the bounder.

25.  Beset by numerous injuries and nagging hurts, the Lakers have been treading water for the past few weeks.

26.  A tie would keep them treading water.

27.  Against these compelling performances, Mantegna seems to be just treading water.

28.  All this might suggest that both the dollar and bond markets might tread water for a time.

29.  But Applied Biosystems has grown at double-digit rates since then, while the rest of the parent company has treaded water.

30.  But even the always optimistic Robitaille knows the Kings will be treading water without Norstrom.