levitate
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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
Those droplets constantly off-gas carbon dioxide, causing them to levitate slightly above the surfaces they sit on.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 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 might run through your head as a young girl spreads jam on a piece of bread, or as a multitude of floating, smiling white puffballs, known as warawara, levitate blissfully skyward.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 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
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