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

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

Ignatius picked up one of his elephantine desert boots and flung it at the pirouetting figure.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole