levitate

"We can levitate objects against gravity by immersing them in a sound field called a standing wave."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026

I marveled at how the hidden-in-the-floor projections allow the ghost to levitate, but I also increasingly felt a sense of mourning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

Those droplets constantly off-gas carbon dioxide, causing them to levitate slightly above the surfaces they sit on.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

His narrator, Richard, is the least shiny of a golden foursome whose youth, beauty and careless wealth allow them to levitate somewhere over Sydney Harbor, happily encased in the champagne bubble of their bottomless self-regard.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

Maya asks, hanging on tight to her mom’s hand, like she could levitate and float away.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

Especially not a green, alien orb that levitates him.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

That said, when Michael Keaton shows up, the movie virtually levitates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The South Korean researchers provided a video of what they say is LK-99 exhibiting the Meissner effect, but superconductors aren’t the only things that float above magnets—graphite, for example, also levitates.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023

André De Shields, still riding high from his Tony-winning triumph in “Hadestown,” practically levitates as Willy’s brother, Ben, a character who enters the play on a cloud of surreal remembrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

Tano almost loses his balance, and he levitates in the air to steady himself.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

During tests, eggs released one after another with minimal effort; with a bit of oil, they practically levitated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

Interest in AI has levitated shares of Nvidia, Broadcom, and their ilk, but also stoked fresh fears of an AI bubble.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

Instead, he hit the game-winning home run, nearly levitated around first base, and became an October hero yet again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2025

Above the racetrack, a handful of ytterbium ions are trapped and levitated by a train of electrical, radiofrequency, and laser pulses.

From Science Magazine ● May 30, 2024

Jason levitated off the deck, encased in his own miniature tornado.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Multiply rising earnings by a higher ratio of share price to earnings, and you get a levitating stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

But the grasping device was not physically connected to anything - it appeared to be levitating inside the person's body.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024

It measured a weak pull, just 30aN, on a tiny particle 0.43mg in size by levitating it in freezing temperatures a hundredth of a degree above absolute zero -- about minus-273 degrees Celsius.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2024

The diorama-like layout, part altar, part haunted house, contains mounds of soil sprouting candles, a filthy claw-foot bathtub, a forlorn-looking toilet and chandeliers resembling levitating candelabras.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

When I first saw Louise she seemed to be floating about two feet off the ground, levitating.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen