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
This slight misalignment creates forces that cause the sprinkler to rotate in the reverse direction.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is unique in that it is a 72 mph ride with vehicles created to rotate 360 degrees through multiple inversions.
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
Inhabitants of those islands developed intensive dryland agriculture requiring a heavy input of labor to build terraces, carry out mulching, rotate crops, reduce or eliminate fallow periods, and maintain tree plantations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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
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
The shuttle rotates away from the launch port and is lifted back to its docking unit.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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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
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
I rotated among brands to lessen the likelihood that these additives would heavily influence my results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Tongue took one wicket in two matches and was expensive at Lord's, conceding 43 runs from five overs, while Mahmood took 2-52 in Cardiff but was rotated out for Tongue for the series finale.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
I’d sit there and stare for hours as Warcross images rotated on its side, my skinny legs swinging, until dawn came and the sunlight would bathe me in gold.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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Crude market volatility has eased, but “I think we’re higher-for-longer oil and seem to be rotating Brent around $90 and WTI around $85, which is still $20 to $25 higher than last year,” Shuchart adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Many households on the Caribbean island have been split into two groups - with each having their water supply shut off for 48 hours on a rotating basis.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Basically, investors have continued rotating among different sectors and styles instead of exiting stocks altogether.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
He is now starting a new role as a rotating anchor on two of Fox’s local L.A. news stations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
In 1963, Roy Kerr, a New Zealander, found a set of solutions of the equations of general relativity that described rotating black holes.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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