rotate
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Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr. rotate their appearances in the lone liberal seat on the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
The UN's annual climate gatherings rotate among regional blocs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Beyond Subic Bay, the U.S. has formal access to nine Philippine bases and airports where it can rotate forces, build infrastructure and store equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Katherine could have been classified as a permanent member of West Computing, like the rest of the women who reported to Dorothy, available to rotate through other groups on temporary assignments.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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
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 women have a schedule that rotates once a week: cooking, laundry, cleaning, washing the floors.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is set to extend its record highs as investors rotated away from chip stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Researchers have developed a way to make twisted oxide materials over much larger areas while maintaining precise control over how their layers are rotated.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
I rotated among brands to lessen the likelihood that these additives would heavily influence my results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 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
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
The front four take up fluid positions, rotating between themselves and making runs off the ball.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Health AI needs its own crash test: a rotating set of real clinical cases, kept confidential, presented to any AI that Americans consult for medical advice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
My stomach is rotating in so many directions I think I'm going to be sick.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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