rotate
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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
Hartnett advised investors to trim exposure to risk assets and rotate into defensive or interest-rate-sensitive holdings, including consumer staples, real-estate investment trusts, and small-cap and biotech stocks, as well as the U.S. dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Scientists can rotate that electron beam by adjusting the polarization of the two phase-coherent optical fields.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
And because the cars can rotate 360 degrees, Universal can in theory direct rider yells away from the studio below and the neighborhood nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
I rotate it so the large bow now flops over her face.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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"By carefully tracking the direction the radio waves and X-rays oscillate as the magnetar rotates, the team found that the alignment of 1E1547's magnetic and rotational poles were ideal for detecting vacuum birefringence."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 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
When the market rotates, everything you own falls at once.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
For instance, G 203-47's red dwarf rotates once every 100 or so days, but orbits its white dwarf every 14.9 days, meaning they are not tidally synced.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
It rotates slowly, giving us a full view of the dome.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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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
They recorded how the sprinklers rotated, observed the water moving both inside and outside the devices, and measured the torque or twisting force produced when the sprinklers were prevented from turning.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Investors who rotated into the right beaten-down value and emerging-market funds this year ticked both boxes because they had a sound idea, but their big gains are partly a quirk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
He started 37 league matches and only failed to do so once, when Forest heavily rotated before a Europa League semi-final against Aston Villa at the start of May.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
I picked it up and rotated the faucet.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Gianni: At 1% owned Rushworth is worth a look if you're going with two cheap rotating goalkeepers.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The rotating forces improved their performance, as they became more adept at dispersing and concealing themselves and using electronic warfare, said the Army official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Together, Saturn's rapid rotation and this abundance of ionized material mean that the pressure from the planet's magnetic field and its rapidly rotating disk of charged material must balance the pressure of the solar wind.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Basically, investors have continued rotating among different sectors and styles instead of exiting stocks altogether.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
We’re all going to be rotating around each other anyway.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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