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Ballistic missiles’ trajectories carry them outside or near the limits of Earth’s atmosphere, before the warhead payload separates from the rocket that carried it aloft and plunges back into the atmosphere and onto its target.
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Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
But the odd-duck aircraft stayed aloft, proving the concept.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2024
Yet even with so great a downward force, the balloons stay aloft.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
Holding aloft every trophy on offer with the Reds—apart from the Europa League—the relentless number 11 has only occasionally gone off the boil, reliability that has ultimately resulted in greatness.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
But the odd-duck aircraft stayed aloft, proving the concept.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2024
Yet even with so great a downward force, the balloons stay aloft.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024
Holding aloft every trophy on offer with the Reds—apart from the Europa League—the relentless number 11 has only occasionally gone off the boil, reliability that has ultimately resulted in greatness.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloft
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Residents in Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, and California, have also reported seeing drones flying overhead, raising concerns about security threats and speculation of foreign involvement.Natalie Venegas, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Still, mounting concern and speculation about drones has prompted a dramatic spike in the number of people pointing lasers at airplanes flying overhead, the FAA said.Joel Rose, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
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The clip pans from their feet upward, capturing their full bodies before finally revealing their stark height difference.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Through a period of trial and error that lasted many months, staff designed a shield to retrofit each light and prevent its glow from emanating upward onto the sky.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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Pictured above is the quaint downtown of Bloomington, Indiana underneath a progression of the sun and moon into and out of totality.Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Nearly 37 percent of all home purchases in areas at high risk of extreme heat over the last year were made by Americans aged 65 and above—the same age cohort that is more vulnerable to rising temperatures.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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