aloft
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Carried aloft by druids in a closed coffin, the show's host arrived in a church, to greet 21 anxious-looking celebrities.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
They were aloft before GPS, before Waze and Google Maps, and they still are.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
These include any number of household-name technology giants whose stocks have been borne aloft to epic valuations by AI hopes and ambitions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Blume's speech was repeatedly interrupted by jeering and whistling, a person present at the meeting told AFP, and workers held aloft signs saying: "Don't balance your books with our jobs".
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
As the wizard passed on ahead up the great steps, he held his staff aloft, and from its tip there came a faint radiance.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing aloft
A Long Walk to Water
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"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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