rotate
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But fewer matches in other competitions does mean a team can rotate less, often have a full week of preparation between games and be less susceptible to injuries.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Sun has differential rotation, meaning that different latitudes rotate at different speeds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The agency, based between New York and Los Angeles, often serves clients who rotate across their five to 10 homes, with full staff at each property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
And because the cars can rotate 360 degrees, Universal can in theory direct rider yells away from the studio below and the neighborhood nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Each turn required me to rotate my whole body, EVA suits being what they are.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Traditionally, the UN's top job rotates between different regions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
When the market rotates, everything you own falls at once.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
For instance, G 203-47's red dwarf rotates once every 100 or so days, but orbits its white dwarf every 14.9 days, meaning they are not tidally synced.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Unlike Earth, it is tidally locked, meaning it rotates once on its axis in exactly the same amount of time it takes to orbit its star.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Rae rotates in her seat to look at me.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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Boss Didier Deschamps stuck with Ballon d'Or holder Ousmane Dembele on the right and rotated Barcola and Doue, with both men starting four of France's eight World Cup matches, but never in the same game.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Researchers have developed a way to make twisted oxide materials over much larger areas while maintaining precise control over how their layers are rotated.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
I rotated among brands to lessen the likelihood that these additives would heavily influence my results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
European stocks added to a clutch of record highs in the last session, as investors rotated out of under-fire chip stocks and toward more defensive sectors on the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
He took them off and rotated the lenses while Spurge fiddled with the box.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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Many households on the Caribbean island have been split into two groups - with each having their water supply shut off for 48 hours on a rotating basis.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
He is now starting a new role as a rotating anchor on two of Fox’s local L.A. news stations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The researchers could also change the direction of that current by rotating the polarization of the two optical fields, which describes the direction in which the light waves oscillate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Investors have responded by rotating into other areas of the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
For the past three weeks, since we arrived in Lahore, we’ve been rotating through our relatives’ homes for lunch, chai—which basically turns into a second lunch—and dinner.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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