defy gravity

Example Sentences

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Earnings are likely to grow north of 20% for this year, as well, and the job market continues to defy gravity.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The National Football League is riding into Super Bowl LX on NBC and Peacock on Sunday after notching its highest TV ratings in 36 years, continuing to defy gravity amid an increasingly fractured television landscape.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

America’s tech build-out has minted millionaires in Silicon Valley, helped a record-breaking stock market defy gravity and buoyed an otherwise uncertain U.S. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

It shows that there is a possibility for disabled people to defy gravity in their own way.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024

Afghanistan is home to the best horsemen—they can defy gravity on the back of a stallion.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi