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aloft

adverb as in high up

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Many held aloft candles and pictures of Nasrallah, who was 64, while a speech by the former leader played from a sound system.

From BBC

The chill creates cold, dense air, which is squeezed from aloft by a high pressure system.

In 2006, he began bringing his daughter, then 7, to sit together in the rowdy supporters section, where fan groups banged drums and held aloft a giant banner known as “tifo.”

Just before he held the NL championship trophy aloft, he hollered a question that needed no answer.

But what keeps “How to Die Alone” aloft are its side stories and well-realized secondary characters.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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