levitate

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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

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

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

“He was gonna help me levitate, and he took my hands, and then—” My voice cracks.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas