remain aloft

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A Pentagon spokesman said it could remain aloft over the U.S. for “a few days,” extending uncertainty about where it will go or if the U.S. will try to safely take it down.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

In such a case, the aircraft slows down too much to be able to remain aloft and goes out of control.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023

“The smoke is expected to remain aloft but may cause hazy skies across the Bay. Good to moderate air quality is forecast through the week,” the Bay Area Air District said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022

Existing evidence demonstrates "beyond any reasonable doubt," they wrote, that viruses released by breathing, talking and coughing can remain aloft in air and pose a risk of infection at distances in the tens of meters.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2021

Sails that do not remain aloft when taken in, but are hauled on deck or stowed in the tops, as skysails, studding-sails, &c.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir