levitate
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Planetary scientists think that electrostatic forces generated from this interaction levitate dust or ice above the ring to form the spokes, though after several decades no theory perfectly predicts the spokes.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023
It might run through your head as a young girl spreads jam on a piece of bread, or as a multitude of floating, smiling white puffballs, known as warawara, levitate blissfully skyward.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023
It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023
This vapour layer reduces the rate of heat transfer and makes liquid cooling on the hot surface ineffective, causing the liquid to levitate and skid across the surface.
From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023
Sitting in the entrance, he tried to make the blackthorn wand levitate small stones at his feet; but his magic still seemed clumsier and less powerful than it had done before.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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