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Recent Examples of levitation
Those that fall are lifted out of the way, as if by levitation, then lowered back into place after each frame.
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David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
So the students tried out a different solution — quantum levitation.
—Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
The same goes for the bag of tricks that was once terrifying, including levitation, violent convulsions and creative barfing, this time swapping pea-soup for black sludge and curls of smoke.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Mayer shrewdly understood his role: offering ballast and tasteful guitar levitations, dressing understatedly, careful not to overshadow Ace, just another gifted player in a tight but loose band.
—Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
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David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
So the students tried out a different solution — quantum levitation.
—Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
The same goes for the bag of tricks that was once terrifying, including levitation, violent convulsions and creative barfing, this time swapping pea-soup for black sludge and curls of smoke.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Mayer shrewdly understood his role: offering ballast and tasteful guitar levitations, dressing understatedly, careful not to overshadow Ace, just another gifted player in a tight but loose band.
—Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levitation
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Put another way, past declines only built a larger base for the eventual liftoff.Bret Kenwell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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This mission utilizes a reusable first-stage booster, the engines responsible for liftoff that detach from the rest of the rocket once the spacecraft leaves Earth's atmosphere.Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
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Those problems were worsened by a January incident in which a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines jet soon after takeoff, leaving a gaping hole in its fuselage.Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The firm, which launched in 2015, has been one of the global leaders in the burgeoning electrical vertical takeoff and landing sector.Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
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In Shay Horse’s photo, white supremacists gathered around a statue of Thomas Jefferson hoist torches high overhead.Laura Mallonee, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2017
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As the hoist is removed, the last sections of the exterior glass facade will be installed to enclose the building on Woodward Avenue downtown.Annalise Frank, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
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The heaviest rains later in the week were also expected to hit the North Bay, with higher elevations set to receive another three-fourths of an inch of rain, with about one-third of an inch of rain forecast around Santa Rosa and over San Francisco.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Higher elevations, especially Colorado’s mountain passes, are forecast to get more than 3 feet of fresh snowfall by Friday morning.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
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On October 1st, GM reported a 60% year-over-year increase in EV sales during the third quarter of 2024, and the Equinox is leading the surge.Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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All other groups will see a tax increase, with the middle 20% paying an extra $1,500 in taxes and the lowest-income 20% seeing their tax bill rise by almost $800.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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About 5,000 Textron workers in Wichita ratified a new labor contract in late October that included a 31% pay raise over five years.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said 59% of the more than 26,000 of its voting members approved Boeing's fourth offer, which includes a 38% raise over four years plus a $12,000 signing bonus and other benefits.Peter Weber, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Boeing's Starliner crew capsule, perched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, stands poised for blastoff from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (file photo).William Harwood, CBS News, 1 June 2024
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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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The highlight for me was watching and listening closely to Joan Robinson (Post-Keynesian diva) duking it out with Frank Hahn (Neoclassical divo), in playful but serious jabs and thrusts.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Unlike chemical propulsion systems, nuclear thermal propulsion systems rely on nuclear fission reactions to heat the propellant that is then expelled from the nozzle to create the driving force or thrust.Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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