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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 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,
13 July 2025
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Here, in alphabetical order by act’s name, are tunes by the two of them along with 23 more of the best songs of 2025 so far (including a few that came out late last year but didn’t achieve true liftoff until more recently).—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Earlier in the month, six people died when a twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed offshore San Diego just minutes after takeoff.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Officials are warning private pilots to do their homework before takeoff.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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Ruben Amorim has endured a miserable campaign since joining United, but the vibes would indeed be ameliorated with a trophy hoist and Champions League clincher.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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There is a lot of golf left to play before the 2025 winner hoists the Wanamaker Trophy.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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Butler had been a Panther himself, and had resented Pratt’s elevation as Los Angeles leader.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants.—
Gareth McGrath,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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In Porter County, 1,420 students used vouchers, a 302-student increase from the previous year.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Gray’s Assembly vote As an assemblyman in 2017, Gray voted for Senate Bill 1, the legislation with the annual gasoline tax increases.—
David Lightman
July 14,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Without that money, the city wouldn’t be able to afford the raises.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
3 July 2025
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Maybe all supervisors can revisit the vote and donate the raises back to county taxpayers.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
2 July 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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Another thrust to the brain will dispatch it quickly.—
Mike Raabe,
Outdoor Life,
2 July 2025
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The New Shepard capsule's stubby single-stage booster roared to life just after 9:38 a.m. EDT, throttled up to full thrust and smoothly climbed away from Blue Origin's launch site near Van Horn, Texas.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
29 June 2025
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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