levitate

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This causes microdroplets to levitate and jump off the surface within milliseconds at lower temperatures because the speed of boiling can be controlled by changing the height of the pillars.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

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 crowd seemed to rise off its feet and levitate alongside it.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2023

“Some in infancy; others not until they’re quite old. I once heard of a man who didn’t realize he could levitate objects with his mind until he was ninety-two years of age.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs