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Recent Examples of levitation
Using a laser to mimic sunlight, the researchers demonstrated photophoretic levitation on their centimeter-scale structures in a low-pressure chamber in the lab.
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Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead, there was a significantly higher threshold of 550° Celsius (1,022° F) for levitation of the ice to occur.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Past stage shows by Ross have included levitation, shadow box, fire spiker and double saw magic acts as well as interactive audience participation segments.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 July 2025
Witnesses reported levitation, unearthly voices, and supernatural strength.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead, there was a significantly higher threshold of 550° Celsius (1,022° F) for levitation of the ice to occur.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Past stage shows by Ross have included levitation, shadow box, fire spiker and double saw magic acts as well as interactive audience participation segments.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 July 2025
Witnesses reported levitation, unearthly voices, and supernatural strength.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levitation
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Each spaceflight on a New Shepard vehicle lasts about 11 minutes from liftoff to capsule touchdown.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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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,
19 Jan. 2026
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The business jet that crashed during takeoff as a snowstorm moved in and visibility diminished in Maine Sunday night, killing at least a half dozen people, is a model with a history of crashes caused by ice on the wings.—
PATRICK WHITTLE,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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But the day after the freezing celebration parade in Chicago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded after takeoff in Florida, putting an abrupt end to national merriment.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Tennessee Army National Guard ended up sending a Black Hawk and dropping a long hoist cable.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The team then called for assistance from the Colorado National Guard (CNG), which sent a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter equipped with a hoist to the scene.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
7 Jan. 2026
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Digital tools are great for fund-raising, scaling up movements quickly, and mobilizing large rallies.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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This year’s high-tech hologram appears to present a raising of the stakes.—
David Matthews,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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In addition, these races start (on average) at 7500 feet elevation (a mile and a half high) which means less oxygen to handle all that stress.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Located just south of Navy Pier, the Harbor Lock functions like a water elevator to allow vessels to travel between the difference in elevations between the river and lake.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Even so, salary increases remain comparatively high by historic standards (the pre-pandemic norm was 3%) amid higher total labor expenses (which include salaries, bonuses, variable pay and benefits costs).—
John M. Bremen,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The goal is to have office construction increase, said Mike Smith, president and CEO of Charlotte Center City Partners.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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Advocate has steadily increased starting hourly pay since 2022, with annual raises often double the requirements of local minimum wage laws.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier will need massive new raises as RFAs this summer, not to mention Jackson LaCombe’s $9 million AAV officially kicking in.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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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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Each day, there are Big Top performances at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., with a human cannonball blastoff at 1:45 p.m. Admission costs $23 for teens and adults, $20 for seniors (ages 65 and up) and $15 for children (ages 5-12).—
Amy Schwabe,
Journal Sentinel,
10 May 2024
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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