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Recent Examples of levitation
The capsule operated autonomously with onboard power for propulsion and levitation.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2024
The key indexes fell through a trap door right from the latest all-time high set on Feb. 19, at least until the final minutes of Friday’s session, when a huge cluster of buy orders set for the month-end close met a shaken and mildly oversold tape to drive a quick 1.5% levitation in the S & P 500.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
So here goes: My deep dive into the world of levitation, fear and faith started the way most articles do — with a tip.
—Marisa Kwiatkowski, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2024
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2024
The key indexes fell through a trap door right from the latest all-time high set on Feb. 19, at least until the final minutes of Friday’s session, when a huge cluster of buy orders set for the month-end close met a shaken and mildly oversold tape to drive a quick 1.5% levitation in the S & P 500.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
So here goes: My deep dive into the world of levitation, fear and faith started the way most articles do — with a tip.
—Marisa Kwiatkowski, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levitation
Noun
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SpaceX plans to resume launches from Florida early next week with the liftoff of a resupply mission to the International Space Station.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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The crew capsule will separate from the rocket three minutes after liftoff.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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That January collision was the deadliest U.S. plane crash since 2001, when a jet crashed into a New York City neighborhood shortly after takeoff, killing all 260 people on board and five more on the ground.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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In a separate incident also last month, five people were injured when a small plane crashed near a retirement village near Lancaster, Pennsylvania after its door opened shortly after takeoff.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
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The initial plan of using a hoist to pluck them from the wing proved too dangerous, as the the smallest girl was being buffeted and blown around by the wind created by the helicopter, said Lt. Col. Brendon Holbrook, commander of the 207th Aviation Regiment.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Working with the local sheriff's office, a member of that search and rescue crew was lowered to the ground on the helicopter's hoist and used that to lift the hiker back up.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Bone collectors seem to prefer a particular elevation zone in their mountain home.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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Scola has been a candidate for elevation to the papacy in the past.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The value of the credits has increased rapidly as the state’s Public Utilities Commission approved rate increases requested by the companies.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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The university’s president was pushing controversial reforms, including a tuition increase.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Follow the money: Northwell Health participated in the raise through its for-profit venture arm, Northwell Holdings.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
22 Apr. 2025
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Employers, focused on cost-cutting and efficiency, are less likely to offer significant raises or promotions to attract new talent.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 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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Encouraging indicators The arcane but revered Zweig breadth thrust triggered Thursday, a clustering of extreme positive breadth days that arise after oversold conditions.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
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Each aircraft has two thrust levers, one for each of the plane's engines to speed up or slow down.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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