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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
loft .
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Examples
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One out later, Lampkin lofted a fly ball to left field that bounced out of Chuck Knoblauch's glove and hit off the top of the fence.
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Valentin lofted a sacrifice fly and Chris Singleton bounced into
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Andrei Nikolishin lofted a long backhander into the net for his eighth goal.
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There are boil-off concerns and other matters such as lofted trajectories that Air and Space Smithsonion reported in the Elon Musk article in the current edition -- about why EELVs are a bad deal, and only employ Red Staters.
Proponents of DIRECT Offer Rebuttal to NASA's Analysis - NASA Watch 2009
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Should the beds be "lofted" so that they would be off the ground, with room for storage underneath?
Eileen Ogintz: The Long Goodbye -- Taking the Kids to College 2010
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So for all we know there might be conditions, such as lofted in the atmosphere or in subterranean conditions on Venus, which support some basic form of life on hot planets.
If the Earth is Rare, We May Not Hear from ET | Universe Today 2010
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` ` Instead of shooting, I kind of lofted it there, but Tyson wasn't ready for it, '' West said, ` ` and that was my fault because I didn't tell him to look for it. ''
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In quarries where there are no horizontal beds a channeling machine should be used to free the block on all sides and to a suitable depth, and then the ledge may be "lofted" by holes placed horizontally.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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With lofted, wood-paneled ceilings and long windows covered in sheer white curtains, the chapel has an airy but functional feel.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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The choir takes their places in the lofted stalls, some thirty feet above the floor of the sanctuary, giving them a distant, angelic quality that complements the gilded sword-and-trumpet-bearing cherubim scattered throughout the room.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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