levitate
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"We can levitate objects against gravity by immersing them in a sound field called a standing wave."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026
“Good days I levitate off the ground/Some days I can’t get out of bed,” they sing, later adding “baby, I barely get through each day.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
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’s the spell you cast to levitate something.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Nothing that would allow me to fly or levitate.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
That said, when Michael Keaton shows up, the movie virtually levitates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
I was levitated 40 feet in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 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
Jason levitated off the deck, encased in his own miniature tornado.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Tesla’s demonstration of a levitating Roadster sports car was “an engineering flex with no commercial value beyond embarrassing traditional car makers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
After nearly a decade of promises, Elon Musk finally showed off a car capable of levitating.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The effect of it all is so electric, it’s liable to leave you levitating.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024
Rafael Nadal, left arm across his chest, feet levitating above the court and mouth agape, has just walloped a trademark forehand winner.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
Celia maintains that no amount of money is worth such an excruciating experience, but Hector is insistent, and so they continue to travel, levitating tables and producing phantom knocking on all manner of well-papered walls.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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