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gyrate

[jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt] / ˈdʒaɪ reɪt, dʒaɪˈreɪt, ˈdʒaɪ reɪt /


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They mostly gyrate based on how they’re perceived on social media and the skill of company insiders at harnessing that energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Those bearing the structures often gyrate to the beat provided by percussionists alongside religious chants and devotional folk songs.

From Barron's Feb. 1, 2026

Jobless claims tend to gyrate during the holiday season, between Thanksgiving and early in the new year.

From MarketWatch Dec. 11, 2025

The remarks led U.S. stocks to gyrate between modest gains and losses before jumping higher towards the end of the session.

From Reuters Aug. 25, 2023

He saw the two dial indicators gyrate frantically.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Key details: The headline increase in wholesale prices was exaggerated by a large rise in a category known as retail trade margins that often gyrates sharply from month to month.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

Delia is possessed by a ghoul who makes her sing the Caribbean number in the voice of Belafonte while she gyrates with her mortified dinner guests.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Then, after he talks himself out, he gyrates to the music, waving his veiny arms in the air.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2025

In pink trousers and a matching puffer jacket, Grammy-nominated Kenyan musician Bien-Aime Alusa gyrates on stage as he sings to a bank of swaying fans, many capturing the moment on their mobile phones.

From Reuters Jan. 5, 2023

The globule of blood gyrates around its own axis in the human veins, as the planet in the sky; and the circles of intellect relate to those of the heavens.

From Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mostly, those are the “momentum” stocks like chip makers that have gyrated with waxing and waning AI optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The purchasing power of gold has gyrated from one year to the next.

From MarketWatch Oct. 14, 2025

Dancers in feathered headdresses gyrated and strutted in parades featuring lavish floats with giant figures of Greek gods or pop stars.

From Seattle Times Feb. 12, 2024

He added: "As an armchair fan of the show I have watched in awe as people have twirled and gyrated across the screen. And now it's my turn... gulp!"

From BBC Dec. 2, 2023

They tumbled, balanced and gyrated, cavorting comically across the laden tabletops without upsetting as much as a single sultana.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

In the fog of war, precise data is scarce and the battlefield is shifting too fast for investors, leading to gyrating oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

“Sexistential” presents both sides of a modern mother’s Venn diagram, with Robyn gyrating in its overlapping middle, inviting us to her party.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2026

Yes, Britney karaoke is mostly a frivolous, gyrating nightclub fantasy, but an accessible and uplifting one.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2023

Wouldn’t you feel better if all of your money was in cash and not in gyrating stocks?

From New York Times Mar. 18, 2023

When the lyrics kick in, Halliday begins to lip-synch along, still gyrating: “All dressed up with nowhere to go. Walking with a dead man over my shoulder. Don’t run away, it’s only me....”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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