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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
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A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, SpaceX landed B1067 on its drone ship, Just Read the Instructions, which was positioned in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of the Bahamas.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 May 2025
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Today's launch was SpaceX's 58th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 and 60th liftoff so far this year.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
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The Golden Dome is a ground- and space-based missile defense system designed to protect all of the U.S. by detecting, tracking and stopping missiles at multiple stages of flight, potentially destroying them before takeoff or intercepting them in mid-air.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The plane left Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield at around 10 a.m. local time on Saturday, May 17, and crashed shortly after takeoff, according to a statement from the North Metro Fire Rescue District (NMFRD).—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Laguna Beach Fire Department paramedics treated the man on site, and a hoist rescue was accomplished via the Orange County Fire Authority’s Firehawk helicopter.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
13 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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Melling conveys the paradoxical elevation of Colin’s low self-esteem through the subservient relationship with an appealing pluckiness.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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In the cultural landscape of midcentury America, few transformations were as subtly seismic as the slow, sometimes reluctant, elevation of country music into the national consciousness.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
15 May 2025
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That’s above the 3.2% price increase expected for food-at-home purchased from grocery stores or supermarkets.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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That’s also the case for a $4,000 increase in the standard deduction for seniors.—
Kevin Freking,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Late in last year’s campaign, Trump promised a 10 percent raise for all agents along with recruitment and retention bonuses of $10,000.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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The union has argued that its members need a significant raise to bring them in line with engineers at other passenger railroads and that members would not accept anything less.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
16 May 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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Like the thrusts that have come with Trump's return to office, the White House in 1981 was striving to strike while the post-election iron was still hot.—
Ron Elving,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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Two engines would also provide more thrust, which is better for flying at high altitudes and carrying heavier cargo.—
Theo Burman
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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