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==Other uses== * The word "buoyed" can also be used figuratively. For example, a person can buoy up ('lift up') someone's spirits by providing help and empathy.<ref>{{cite OED2|buoy|volume=II|page=661}} verb, sense 3.</ref> * Buoys are used in some [[wave power]] systems to generate electrical power.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buoy System Harnesses Wave Energy |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/CuttingEdge/story?id=98434&page=1 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> * [[George A. Stephen]], founder of [[Weber-Stephen Products Co.]], invented the kettle grill by cutting a metal buoy in half and fashioning a [[dome]] shaped grill to it with a rounded lid.<ref>[http://weber.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=pageA&item=1 George Stephen, Company Founder and Inventor of the Weber Kettle Grill] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623131242/http://weber.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=pageA&item=1 |date=June 23, 2007 }}</ref>
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