rotate
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As investors rotate out of artificial-intelligence stocks, Berkshire Hathaway shares have risen 5% over the past month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Then a quartet of Crimson players in diamond formation would rotate around him, ready to catch a deflection or take a lateral and speed into the end zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It is understood the make-up of the coaching staff is part of a plan to rotate the coaches – fielding coach Sarah Taylor and fast-bowling coach Tim Southee are also not going to Pakistan.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
When a weak magnetic field is applied, the polarization of those nuclear spins begins to rotate.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Every now and then Celeste would glance over in my direction and rotate his panama hat in his hands.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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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
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
Earth rotates much more slowly than a gas giant such as Saturn.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
SGX’s derivatives platform is deepening as a regional risk management venue as macroeconomic risks increase and capital rotates to Asia, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The sphere turns, the little wheel rotates, and, as seen from the Earth, Mars does its loop-the-loop.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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In this case, the team examined how the brown dwarf's light changed as it rotated, looking for subtle variations that could reveal what was happening in its atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
USA international Coffey, one of their most crucial midfielders, has featured in every game but has only played 90 minutes once as Jeglertz has rotated effectively.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Previously, the awards rotated yearly between the big four broadcast networks—ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC—with the annual rights valued at approximately $9.5 million, according to the Television Academy’s most recent annual report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
The people in the video rotated, but the message was a variation on the same theme: some friendly face was going to tell him that things were all right.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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The team then evaluated the element wheel, a rotating mechanism equipped with filters and other optical components.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Back in July, when a powerful semiconductor-led momentum trade endured a major crash, investors rotating into other sectors away from the AI trade limited the damage at the index level.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
It was then, at the 20-over mark, captain Cummins reverted to Australia's tried and tested - Lyon one end, the quicks rotating at the other.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Poland is not a permanent G20 member but has been invited to the table this year as Washington holds the grouping's rotating presidency.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
He showed that, provided a stationary rotating black hole had an axis of symmetry, like a spinning top, its size and shape would depend only on its mass and rate of rotation.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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