as in liftoff
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Recent Examples of levitation
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.
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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
To me, the levitation was a symbol of the profoundly dysfunctional relationship between Asher and Whitney.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
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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
To me, the levitation was a symbol of the profoundly dysfunctional relationship between Asher and Whitney.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levitation
Noun
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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,
6 Apr. 2025
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The first stage is the bottommost portion of the rocket with nine engines that fire up at liftoff, powering the 230-foot (70-meter) vehicle off the ground.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Think of it like a pre-flight checklist: without it, takeoff (or, in this case, sleep) is shaky at best.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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As Blue Origin readies for its first all-female flight to space, not everyone is anxiously awaiting takeoff.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Working with the local sheriff's office, a member of that search and rescue crew was lowered to the ground on the helicopter's hoist and used that to lift the hiker back up.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2025
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This looked like the player who two-putted every green in the final round at St. Andrews, who missed two short putts in the closing stretch at Pinehurst No. 2 last summer to watch Bryson DeChambeau hoist that U.S. Open trophy.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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A number of Pacific Northwest ski resorts, especially at higher elevations, could see 1-2 feet of new snow.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Temperatures will barely top the freezing mark in Buffalo while high elevation areas of New York and New England could be stuck in the 20s Tuesday afternoon.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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The current model of two sites rather than four, like in the men’s NCAA Tournament, reduces overhead costs, and the increase in gate revenue is an additional boon.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, the complexities of contract negotiations extended far beyond the final proposals of 4% cost-of-living increases for teachers’ raises and thousands of additional staff members.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The raise also came after the NBA coaching market was reset that summer when the Detroit Pistons hired Monty Williams with a six-year, $78.5 million contract.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The most recent amendment, ratified in 1992, prevents members of Congress from granting themselves pay raises during a current session.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 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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Any time he is injured, Bayern’s entire left-side needs to be rewired and loses much of its thrust.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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In my opinion, this lack of respect for themselves, other students and authority stems from changes in family socialization thrust upon the school to heal all ills.—
Martin Potters,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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