levitate

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

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

The Wall Street journal quoted him as predicting that “we could magnetically levitate trains above superconducting rails, change the way electricity is stored and transferred, and revolutionize medical imaging.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

Hazel used her abilities to levitate some items from the bottom of the sea.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Betye Saar practically levitates into the room wearing a Max Mara jacket that resembles a bird’s plumage, with a butter-yellow silk Dior dress grazing the ground behind her and a cane in her hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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

As he is dying, he levitates, at last free from the monstrous burden of flesh.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023

The most striking is “Valor,” in which an orange rectangle levitates, ever so slightly off-center.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 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

I parked next to the house with the upcar still levitated, and I climbed down and went to the door.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

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

Inside one darkened room in the show, a life-size, glass “portrait” of the astronaut Lawrence appears to be levitating as if free from gravitational forces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

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

The experiment, published in the Science Advances journal, used levitating magnets to detect gravity on microscopic particles -- small enough to boarder on the quantum realm.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2024

Instead, I spotted a figure rising from the front row and slowly levitating in my direction.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama