pirouetting

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She did it again on the very next possession, this time coming down from the top of the key, pirouetting into the paint and dropping in the easy two-footer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

In 2020, Anthony Madu’s dance teacher in Lagos, Nigeria, posted a video of the then 11-year-old student gracefully pirouetting and pulling off grand jetés barefoot in the rain.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Pulling myself up a little taller, I began pirouetting to a waltz from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 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

Afterward, she stood with her mother in the busy Doubletree Hotel hallway, girls posing and pirouetting all around, while her mother talked to the coach.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray