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In natural English speech, "flotsam" appears in contexts such as: "Here is the accumulation at Biona Creek next to the L. A. airport. And here is the flotsam near California State University Long Beach and the diesel plant we visited yesterday. In spite of deposit fees, much of this trash leading out to the sea will be plastic beverage bottles.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˈflɑtsəm/

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Here is the accumulation at Biona Creek next to the L. A. airport.

And here is the flotsam near California State University Long Beach and the diesel plant we visited yesterday.

In spite of deposit fees, much of this trash leading out to the sea will be plastic beverage bottles.

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noun

Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

“WORF: Sensors beginning to pick up small objects, sir. PICARD: On screen. RIKER: Doesn't look natural. PICARD: Agreed. Enlarge and identify. WORF: It looks like debris from a space vessel of some kind. RIKER: It could be one of those ships that was orbiting Dytallix. LA FORGE: We are in close proximity to that planet. PICARD: Identify marks Mr. Worf. WORF: Nothing so far. Sensors not detecting any bodies in the flotsam. But from the amount of the wreckage, I'm sorry sir, it can only be the Horatio. From the looks of it she's been totally destroyed.”

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