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rotate

[roh-teyt, roh-teyt] / ˈroʊ teɪt, roʊˈteɪt /




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Johnson said he might rotate who plays on the line based on what a possession needs, but that their best 11 includes Middagh on the field.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 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 UN's annual climate gatherings rotate among regional blocs.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Both Andres Santos and Youri Tielemans resemble Kobbie Mainoo in being technical midfielders that thrive in small spaces, able to rotate and connect well under pressure.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

First, I set down the sack of gunpowder so that I could rotate my belt around my waist.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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

Traditionally, the UN's top job rotates between different regions.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 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

When the market rotates, everything you own falls at once.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

An omniscient voice is already calling out each of our names as we enter the arena, the voice deep and reverberating, and as it does, each name rotates in flames in the arena’s center.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

He also rotated a meaningful portion of his gains into Japanese anime-based collectibles including One Piece and Pokémon trading cards.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 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

By the time he was twenty-three, and he got himself to an oral surgeon, they had rotated sideways inside his gums and were ejecting themselves through the tissue under his nose.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

The company now runs a 125,000-square-foot, three-soundstage facility with roughly 220 employees producing rotating sets — restaurants, school hallways, a courtroom, jail visitation rooms — designed to mimic a small town.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

The United States currently holds the rotating presidency of the G20.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

To reproduce the fading flares astronomers actually observe, the researchers needed what Bandopadhyay called "a new ingredient": a star that was already rotating rapidly before its first encounter with the black hole.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

It kept rotating to the grind of the laboring gears, which sounded louder now.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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