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

The Wall Street journal quoted him as predicting that “we could magnetically levitate trains above superconducting rails, change the way electricity is stored and transferred, and revolutionize medical imaging.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Coach Quatrini was going berserk again, and seemed to be trying to levitate himself off the ground.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt