levitate

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Those droplets constantly off-gas carbon dioxide, causing them to levitate slightly above the surfaces they sit on.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

“Good days I levitate off the ground/Some days I can’t get out of bed,” they sing, later adding “baby, I barely get through each day.”

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

This vapour layer reduces the rate of heat transfer and makes liquid cooling on the hot surface ineffective, causing the liquid to levitate and skid across the surface.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023

Sitting in the entrance, he tried to make the blackthorn wand levitate small stones at his feet; but his magic still seemed clumsier and less powerful than it had done before.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling