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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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The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket returned to Earth just over 8 minutes after liftoff to land on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall Of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.Tariq Malik, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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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, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024
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The aircraft vanished from radar screens somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam less than an hour after takeoff.Juliana Kim, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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That means the workers who screen you at airport security and give your flight clearance for takeoff will continue going to their jobs, though they won't be getting paid until the funding issue is resolved.Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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As seen in video footage, a Coast Guard helicopter flight crew was later brought in and deployed a rescue swimmer, who then placed the woman in a hypothermic bag and set up a hoist.David Chiu, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Driving the news: With the crane out of the way, crews can remove the buck hoist, or temporary elevator, which transports people and materials to high floors during construction.Annalise Frank, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
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Mendoza’s elevations clock in at around 3,280 feet and intense sunlight from the semi-arid climate paired with strong winds from the Andes make for a perfect storm providing optimal wine growing conditions.Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Since his elevation to a starter, Oluwatimi had allowed zero sacks and only four pressures, according to Pro Football Focus.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Tech worker movements growing In August, Apple ratified a labor contract at America's first unionized Apple Store—agreeing to a modest increase in wages, about 10 percent over three years.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2024
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While bond yields are well above the pandemic lows, valuations have yet to feel any meaningful squeeze from this increase.Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Johnson's original plan called for extending government spending at current levels until March and added other provisions like relief for disaster victims and farmers and a pay raise for members of Congress.Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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The 1,500-page bill also included funding to rebuild Baltimore's collapsed Key Bridge, a variety of health care provisions, and a congressional pay raise.CBS News, CBS News, 19 Dec. 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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Seldom has a comedian’s affect seemed so directly in conflict with the thrust of their material.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Trending Nationally Massachusetts man who was sentenced for trafficking oxycodone is on Biden’s clemency list Luigi Mangione’s arrest thrust his family into the spotlight.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levitation. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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