spinning

Example Sentences

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“It’s very much a merry-go-round, and that merry-go-round had to keep spinning faster,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In a first-of-its-kind large-scale study, scientists created giant fire whirls, spinning columns of flame that resemble fire tornadoes, and found they burn oil faster and more cleanly than conventional methods.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

What can the beat-up, worn-out records at your local thrift store do to dodge a landfill and keep the Earth spinning?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

“By spinning off the associations, the banks segmented that risk and protected themselves from it,” McPherson said.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

I tried to forget about spinning gold, and the next week Ida and Balthilda helped take my mind off things by surprising me with new clothes—two sets of them!

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff