rotate
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The game is scheduled to rotate back to ESPN/ABC in February 2031.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The most recent deal to rotate the show among ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC wrapped on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Software names have experienced relief rallies in the past few months, but those gains largely came when steep selloffs in chip stocks led investors to rotate into the software sector instead.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
The tighter the binary, the shorter the orbital period and the faster a tidally locked star must rotate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Many freelancers rotate in these weekly assignments, and we probably won’t see them again this summer.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes is a job for the World Meteorological Organization, which rotates them out every six years and retires them after a given storm causes too much destruction.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Stars in a very close binary can become tidally locked, meaning each star rotates on its axis at the same rate that the pair orbits one another.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The LRO, in service since 2009, circles the Moon from pole to pole every two hours while the Moon rotates underneath it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s about the fact that the Lotus’s polar axis runs exactly through the driver’s inboard hip, so that the machine rotates around them and not some invisible pivot point, just off-center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
“It’s when the connective tissues between the hoof and the coffin bone are compromised and the coffin bone rotates toward the sole of the hoof.”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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—Asian stocks were mostly higher as investors rotated back into artificial-intelligence names, though gains were capped by unease over the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Also returning is All-American quarterback Ava Van Heerde, who rotated with Meier last season to give opposing defenses fits attempting to solve their contrasting but equally effective styles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
It also briefly emerged last fall, as investors rotated away from tech and into stocks that had been lagging behind.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
And then, to impress her, I rotated my arm so she could see the identical twin on the other side.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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In rotating, players are encouraged to maintain the side's shape by swapping zones with their team-mates – filling gaps as they arise.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Pentagon also is rotating Air Force fighter squadrons in the region with Air National Guard F-16s replacing warplanes that are returning to the U.S. base at Aviano, Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Catnip Coalition in Burbank is a vintage shop with cat-themed decor, two shop cats named Franklin and Nigel and a rotating crew of adoptable cats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Pro tip: Birch also hosts Pepe’s Oyster Bar, a monthly pop-up named for chef Kyle Knall’s late father, featuring a rotating menu of hot and cold oyster and seafood preparations.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
This courtyard is a garden of grass and roses, a gazebo with benches and a sleepily rotating fan.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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