remain aloft

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A Pentagon spokesman said it could remain aloft over the U.S. for “a few days,” extending uncertainty about where it will go or if the U.S. will try to safely take it down.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

In such a case, the aircraft slows down too much to be able to remain aloft and goes out of control.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023

“The smoke is expected to remain aloft but may cause hazy skies across the Bay. Good to moderate air quality is forecast through the week,” the Bay Area Air District said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022

Existing evidence demonstrates "beyond any reasonable doubt," they wrote, that viruses released by breathing, talking and coughing can remain aloft in air and pose a risk of infection at distances in the tens of meters.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2021

At length, one retires for good; probably his plane-cloth has become too much like a sieve from shrapnel- fragments to remain aloft longer.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick