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Recent Examples of levitation
For much of its history, the Church has had to defend itself against accusations that levitations, apparitions, and other miracles were not the work of God but that of the devil.
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Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 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
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
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Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levitation
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The mission appears to be on track for an evening liftoff – making conditions ideal to catch the spacecraft flying over neighboring Arizona.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Editor's note: This story was updated at 12:23 a.m. ET on Aug. 5 with news of successful liftoff, then again at 1:30 a.m. ET with news of successful satellite deploy.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Shortly after takeoff, passengers in the row in front of James tried to recline, only to discover that something (or someone) was blocking them.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Such testing appraises the performance of the moon lander under different scenarios throughout the landing and takeoff processes.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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However, the hot tub can only be reached by climbing a small flight of stairs and does not have a hoist.—
Ronny Maye,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Aug. 2025
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After the rescuer hooks the hikers to the line, the helicopter crew hoists all three from the area.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Each year that Xi fails to identify and groom a successor will increase the possibility of more chaotic paths for the party and for China, such as the elevation of a weak successor who falls victim to a power struggle.—
TYLER JOST,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Aug. 2025
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The glider crashed at an elevation of about 7,000 feet, firefighters said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Revenues in Asia grew 21 percent to $474 million, a 19 percent increase in constant currencies, with an 18 percent comp sales rise.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Overall, the tournament’s prize purse will top $90 million – the largest in tennis history and a 20% increase on last year, which stood at $75 million.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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That was after Activision took steps organizers called union busting, including withholding raises granted to nonunion workers and reorganizing Raven’s staff in what the union argued was an attempt to dilute its support ahead of the election.—
Natalie Yahr,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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For instance, this may be in relation to a raise, new client or job offer — and the stars are also saying that somehow this could bring a change to your home, family or domestic life.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
3 Aug. 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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This launch will feature four, so combined its rocket power will have more than 2.9 million pounds of thrust on liftoff.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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The spacecraft is powered by more than two dozen small rocket engines, each capable of operating at three discrete levels of thrust for fine control or more significant orbit adjustments.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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