aloft

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Here are some of the supports keeping them aloft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“Wealthy Americans have been credited with keeping consumer spending aloft over the past few years as general uncertainty spread,” said Elizabeth Renter, senior economist at NerdWallet.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Fans chanted against the owners and held aloft banners as flares filled the air on Sir Matt Busby Way.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

I had expected our family to hoist us on their shoulders and carry us aloft in triumph.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly