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While the Roadster rode rough, the Straubel mule, with Mercedes’s finely tuned suspension and Tesla’s all but silent battery-powered motor, flew like a magic carpet ride.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The last time Kim Kardashian was on SNL, she made headlines for kissing comedian Pete Davidson on Aladdin's magic carpet - a kiss that was rumoured to be the start of their relationship.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025
"The way this thing moved was so graceful, I thought it looked like a living magic carpet," said Strickrott.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
To a child, a box can be a doll’s house or a rocket ship, a camera obscura or a magic carpet sailing down the concrete slides in Golden Gate Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023
Slowly, as if lifted on a magic carpet, the four of us rose to the upper reaches of the car’s interior.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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