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Recent Examples of levitation
To me, the levitation was a symbol of the profoundly dysfunctional relationship between Asher and Whitney.
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Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Those that fall are lifted out of the way, as if by levitation, then lowered back into place after each frame.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
So the students tried out a different solution — quantum levitation.
—Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
The same goes for the bag of tricks that was once terrifying, including levitation, violent convulsions and creative barfing, this time swapping pea-soup for black sludge and curls of smoke.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Those that fall are lifted out of the way, as if by levitation, then lowered back into place after each frame.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
So the students tried out a different solution — quantum levitation.
—Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
The same goes for the bag of tricks that was once terrifying, including levitation, violent convulsions and creative barfing, this time swapping pea-soup for black sludge and curls of smoke.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levitation
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After delaying the launch of these missions three times — they were originally slated to take to the skies on Feb. 27 — the space agency has postponed liftoff once again for SPHEREx and PUNCH.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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How to watch SpaceX livestream SpaceX will host a livestream of the flight test that will begin about 40 minutes before liftoff.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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One witness said the plane crashed shortly after takeoff.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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Final contact with Starship came approximately nine minutes and 30 seconds after takeoff.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The boat’s 14-foot tender catamaran, which Aquila also manufactures at its production facility in China, is on an electric hoist system that lifts the boat outwards for launch and retrieval.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2025
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Columbus McKinnon produces lifting devices, hoists and conveyor belts.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Feb. 2025
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My top pick, the Fellow Aiden ($365), is a powerful machine that can account for your local elevation and has special recipes for individual coffee beans—and yet contributing reviewer Pete Cottell managed a great mug within eight minutes of unpacking the box.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
7 Mar. 2025
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However, this diminishes at higher elevations as the high quality of view does not change much for each additional floor.—
John Walkup,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The House bill last month did not mention any specific tax cuts or increases.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Mar. 2025
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Dallas announced there will be an 8.61 percent average overall price increase.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The possibility of no raises sparked concern among sheriff’s deputies as well.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: Climate Investment led the all-equity raise, a Zeitview spokesperson tells Axios.—
Alan Neuhauser,
Axios,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Super Heavy-Starship on its Gulf Coast launch pad Thursday being fueled for blastoff.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Boeing's Starliner crew capsule, perched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, stands poised for blastoff from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (file photo).—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
1 June 2024
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The movie, full of extraordinary footage, returns us to that moment when the promise of space carried a spiritual thrust.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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Together they are designed to provide the 8.8 million pounds of thrust to propel Orion to deep-space destinations.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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