clockwise

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Each date would last two minutes — a chime would alert the men when it was time to move clockwise to the next seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

If you do have a burst pipe, you can turn the stop tap clockwise to stop the water.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

The typical group rotation pattern occurs in a clockwise fashion.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

When magnetic energy from the sun enters Earth's magnetic field, it moves clockwise on the dusk side of the planet and channels toward the poles.

From Science Daily • Oct. 31, 2025

It’s like water whirling down a plughole: in the northern hemisphere it whooshes anti-clockwise, in the south, clockwise.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd