somersault

To perform one somersault after another, the robot must slow down in exactly the right way so that it begins each new flip under the proper conditions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The USA's Ilia Malinin performs a somersault during his routine in the figure skating team event.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Ever the showman, he celebrated with a somersault.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025

When circus-goers witness acts like a triple somersault on the trapeze or spinning in a human hamster wheel without a harness, they see a fleeting moment that is said to have divine impact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

She puts the RV in gear, and it jerks forward, making Scoob’s stomach somersault up into his throat.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

It also completed 10 somersaults in only 11 seconds while remaining within about 4 or 5 centimeters of its planned flight path.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

From shoulder shimmies and frat flicks to somersaults and knee slides, the Flemings and Schifferles left it all on the dance floor to prove the prowess of their family name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

But the late justice, buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Frewsburg, N.Y., is doubtless turning somersaults in his grave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

Stone knits puppets and vaudeville acts, songs and somersaults, as well as melds two groups of people who might not have shared a lunch table in high school — the jocks and the theater geeks.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

My mind is leaping, my thoughts doing somersaults and backflips.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

Polly compares the enormous explosion to being in a movie, "a yellow swirl of light… then being flipped into the air and somersaulted around".

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2024

He somersaulted over the snow at New York’s Whiteface Mountain, near a spot where his coach was watching.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023

Nearly 30 seconds passed before Keaton finally sprinted through the audience, dramatically somersaulted onto the stage Batman-style, relieved Hayek of the little green statue and blamed his tardiness on an ill-timed bathroom break.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

Pulisic somersaulted off both hands and landed hard.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2021

A young fellow somersaulted backward from the cart to the sound of drumming, while a fat man wearing a red jerkin and bells on his trousers danced a jig, and another played the tabor.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

But Dobbins, who has had a long history of injuries, raised eyebrows when he celebrated the touchdown by somersaulting into the end zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024

Watching her gracefully somersaulting through the water — her silvery tail towed, at one point, by Sebastian’s tiny pincer — you can’t help feeling something not present enough on screens these days: joy.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

Humans’ love of spinning around in circles, especially during childhood, is evidenced by the enduring popularity of playground merry-go-rounds, revolving fun park rides and the irresistible draw of somersaulting down a hill.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

The somersaulting journey can leave some fish bruised and unwilling to eat for days.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 9, 2023

They jumped from trailer windows, somersaulting across the procession's rooftops.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton