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Recent Examples of levitation
Seven months later, playing for Team USA at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Carter capped his year of levitation by jumping over France’s 7-2 center, Frederic Weis, en route to a violent, yet somehow, also, elegant, slam in a preliminary round game.
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Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Engineering and Applied Science is taking a major step in ultra-high-temperature ceramics research by establishing a pioneering electromagnetic levitation (EML) system.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2025
Urged by the Wizard and Madame Morrible to grant the Wizard's monkey captain of the guard, Chistery, the power of levitation, Elphaba reads a spell that causes Chistery—along with the rest of the palace's monkeys—to undergo a painful wing-sprouting transformation against their will.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
The capsule operated autonomously with onboard power for propulsion and levitation.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2024
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Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Engineering and Applied Science is taking a major step in ultra-high-temperature ceramics research by establishing a pioneering electromagnetic levitation (EML) system.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2025
Urged by the Wizard and Madame Morrible to grant the Wizard's monkey captain of the guard, Chistery, the power of levitation, Elphaba reads a spell that causes Chistery—along with the rest of the palace's monkeys—to undergo a painful wing-sprouting transformation against their will.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
The capsule operated autonomously with onboard power for propulsion and levitation.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levitation
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The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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As private spaceflight becomes commercially viable and space becomes a platform for storytelling, marketing is preparing for liftoff.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Max lost a piece of its fuselage known as a mid-exit door (MED) plug shortly after takeoff.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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An airport spokesperson said that smoke came from its left engine after takeoff.—
June 25,
CBS News,
25 June 2025
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As one hoist of the Larry O’Brien Trophy would reveal, misfit champions are still champions.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Many of them were engineering marvels, with state-of-the-art mills, engines and hoists.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Out-and-back route is 4.5 miles with an 800-foot elevation gain.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2025
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The area is sandwiched between the higher elevation Crestwood and Monticello neighborhoods and the Trinity River levees.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2025
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Aflac generated nearly $19 billion in revenue last year, which marked a 1.2% increase over the previous year, according to an earnings release.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
20 June 2025
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Inflation in Japan highest in two years Rice prices in Japan more than doubled in May, spiking 101.7% year over year and marking their largest increase in over half a century.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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The district has offered a 2% raise to one of its largest unions, which union leaders say is not nearly enough.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2025
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The New York Times reports that going forward the cheerleaders will be paid about $75 an hour—a 400% raise.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
20 June 2025
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The Super Heavy-Starship on its Gulf Coast launch pad Thursday being fueled for blastoff.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov were strapped in and ready for blastoff from historic pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center at 7:48 p.m. EDT.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2025
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The thrust of Verdigets’ early focus would be business fundamentals — building a holding structure for Nateland, assessing and fine-tuning the company’s revenue-cost ratio, and helping to define its five key verticals, including Touring, Digital, TV/Film, Experiences, and Products and Merchandise.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 June 2025
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Super Heavy alone is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines that give the initial burst of thrust at liftoff.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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