rotate
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Scientists can rotate that electron beam by adjusting the polarization of the two phase-coherent optical fields.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
The agency, based between New York and Los Angeles, often serves clients who rotate across their five to 10 homes, with full staff at each property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
When his team tried to rotate out after its two-week mission, they were denied permission.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
These “Kerr” black holes rotate at a constant rate, their size and shape depending only on their mass and rate of rotation.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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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
Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
There, a gas giant about 7 times the mass of Jupiter rotates six times faster than a brown dwarf companion that is roughly 24 times Jupiter's mass.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
When I tell her that we have a pretend room complete with Semper Fi bunk beds, she rotates in her shell.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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I rotated among brands to lessen the likelihood that these additives would heavily influence my results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 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
“Investors who missed the upside, or needed to keep pace with benchmarks, appear to have rotated back into risk-on sectors such as technology,” the council noted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Shadow pushed the gurney, and the supports snapped up, the wheels rotated, and the gurney rolled right on to the floor of the hearse.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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Investors have responded by rotating into other areas of the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
He has his family, and also a rotating cast of people who are in his favor at any given moment.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Now, investors are rotating back to AI takers from makers,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
Burundi, which holds the rotating African Union presidency, nominated Sall earlier this year for the UN secretary-general position.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Then there was nothing but a loud rotating roaring and hissing noise which rose to such a tornado that he felt that he could not stand it any more.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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