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This causes microdroplets to levitate and jump off the surface within milliseconds at lower temperatures because the speed of boiling can be controlled by changing the height of the pillars.

From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024

“Good days I levitate off the ground/Some days I can’t get out of bed,” they sing, later adding “baby, I barely get through each day.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

This vapour layer reduces the rate of heat transfer and makes liquid cooling on the hot surface ineffective, causing the liquid to levitate and skid across the surface.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023

The office of the presidency, as he saw it, was designed to levitate above the party squabbles and transcend partisan versions of the national interest.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

That said, when Michael Keaton shows up, the movie virtually levitates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

André De Shields, still riding high from his Tony-winning triumph in “Hadestown,” practically levitates as Willy’s brother, Ben, a character who enters the play on a cloud of surreal remembrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

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

I parked next to the house with the upcar still levitated, and I climbed down and went to the door.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

Multiply rising earnings by a higher ratio of share price to earnings, and you get a levitating stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

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

I stared at the sunlight cutting through the patio screen, my body levitating in the center of the pool.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas