1. He took control of the casino in March, but had been keeping it afloat during its bankruptcy.

2. Microsoft were both challenged by a change in consumer trends, but Microsoft has remained afloat while Dell hasn't.

3. During a strike or any financial emergency, a loan can help keep strikers afloat while they go without income.

4. It helps, therefore, to keep your brain fully engaged and afloat at all times.

5. When you re drowning, you re going to grab onto anything to keep you afloat, he said.

6. Instead, the billionaire businessman said claiming those losses allowed him to keep his real estate empire afloat when others went belly-up.