levitate
Example Sentences
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He’s present but not fully there, a tension Wiley heightens by having the chair that Obama is sitting in levitate.
From New York Times
Or as Harris puts it: “Why are we more likely to hear about the Yippies trying to levitate the Pentagon than SDS successfully bombing the Pentagon?”
From Los Angeles Times
When odd phenomena start to happen — the lease didn’t mention levitating, glowing crystals — the two men decide to film them for a documentary they hope will lead to Netflix riches.
From New York Times
This property lets researchers levitate magnets over a superconducting material as a fun experiment—and it could also lead to more efficient high-speed maglev trains.
From Scientific American
Such a breakthrough could transform almost any technology that uses electric energy, opening new possibilities for your phone, magnetically levitating trains and future fusion power plants.
From New York Times
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