pirouette

In Hover mode, the joystick provides fine-grained yaw control, allowing the BlackFly to execute its surreal pirouette.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

That included 32-year-old journeyman centre-back Haydn Hollis' pirouette to lose two Spurs players - a decision which could have gifted the visitors a chance had it gone wrong.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

During so-called learning walks, the animals then explore the immediate surroundings around the nest entrance and repeatedly pirouette around their own body axis with short stops in between.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024

My pubescent nerves did a pirouette in my stomach as we hung up, retreating to the haven of instant messages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

Belet's pirouette completed, she slowly lowered her foot like a ballet dancer.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

"I had the time of my life there. It's not a stage-stage school, but of course there's kids doing pirouettes and going 'Aaaaaahhhhh!' in the hallways," Adele told BBC 4 radio in 2022.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

It was his dance teacher who filmed the young boy in June 2020 as he practised pirouettes barefoot in the rain.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2023

Williams built his Heisman resumé on improbable plays — near-sacks that became touchdowns; pirouettes in the pocket that turned into big gains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

Shortly after launching on 1 July, the European space observatory Euclid started performing tiny, unexpected pirouettes.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 10, 2023

He appears as nervous as me, which is amazing, since he can do an average of thirteen pirouettes, no matter the shoe, and I wasn’t even sure what a pirouette was all these years.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

Moments before the break, prop Luke Yates pirouetted elegantly past Cooper Jenkins to slide in next to the sticks as Irwin levelled the scores with the boot as half-time approached.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

She pirouetted and handed me a single flower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

Rather than poignant goodbyes, Hearst opted for lively samba beats, leaving an indelible mark on the onlookers as she lithely pirouetted past guests carefree alongside one of Brazil’s most reputed Samba schools.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

On a recent afternoon, 18 members of Birmingham Royal Ballet spun, pirouetted and leaped across a rehearsal room, with all the grace and skill associated with classical dance.

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

Ahead of him, the sky pirouetted on First Congregational’s sunlit steeple.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Playing the Dead’s “Blues for Allah” on this tour — an LP rooted in Middle Eastern scales, pirouetting time signatures and improvisational telepathy — put him in communion with his old friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Elsewhere in the country, ballets are also pirouetting up from the page.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023

It’s assumed that the audience, without nudging, sees the ridiculousness of showing a genocidal monster pirouetting on skates.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

James Rodriguez stunned the crowd with a sensational strike, taking the ball on his chest just outside the D, before pirouetting and smashing an unstoppable volley into the top corner.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022

She chose the gaudiest one there—four-inch-high ballet dancers in purple tutus, their pink legs pirouetting on a greenish four- in-hand.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson