levitate
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"We can levitate objects against gravity by immersing them in a sound field called a standing wave."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026
Those droplets constantly off-gas carbon dioxide, causing them to levitate slightly above the surfaces they sit on.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
“They are not going to levitate when they get there,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
Maya asks, hanging on tight to her mom’s hand, like she could levitate and float away.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
The South Korean researchers provided a video of what they say is LK-99 exhibiting the Meissner effect, but superconductors aren’t the only things that float above magnets—graphite, for example, also levitates.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
As he is dying, he levitates, at last free from the monstrous burden of flesh.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023
The most striking is “Valor,” in which an orange rectangle levitates, ever so slightly off-center.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
At one point, in the middle of an argument, he actually levitates.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Tano almost loses his balance, and he levitates in the air to steady himself.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
There was the time — actually, it happened twice — when her character, Dr. Marlena Evans, was famously possessed by the devil and even levitated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
During tests, eggs released one after another with minimal effort; with a bit of oil, they practically levitated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Interest in AI has levitated shares of Nvidia, Broadcom, and their ilk, but also stoked fresh fears of an AI bubble.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
Above the racetrack, a handful of ytterbium ions are trapped and levitated by a train of electrical, radiofrequency, and laser pulses.
From Science Magazine ● May 30, 2024
A tall redhead with an explosion of freckles on his face levitated the old football at the start of a play.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Of course, they don’t much resemble the levitating Studebakers and auto-gyrating Chevys foretold in pulp science fiction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
But the grasping device was not physically connected to anything - it appeared to be levitating inside the person's body.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
The experiment, published in the Science Advances journal, used levitating magnets to detect gravity on microscopic particles -- small enough to boarder on the quantum realm.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2024
The diorama-like layout, part altar, part haunted house, contains mounds of soil sprouting candles, a filthy claw-foot bathtub, a forlorn-looking toilet and chandeliers resembling levitating candelabras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
“What were You-Know-Who’s supporters up to, levitating Muggles? I mean, what was the point?”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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