aloft

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“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

Unlike the soft, pliable versions of the Christ child in his early Madonnas, this is a monumental, muscular putto, using his strength to hold that garland aloft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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

It would have been held aloft in battle like a flag and used as a rallying point for troops.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Nonetheless he drew near, and saw Aragorn kneeling, while Elladan held aloft both torches.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien