somersault

To perform one somersault after another, the robot must slow down in exactly the right way so that it begins each new flip under the proper conditions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The USA's Ilia Malinin performs a somersault during his routine in the figure skating team event.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Ever the showman, he celebrated with a somersault.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025

They extended it on Verse’s fumble return — exuberantly punctuating the play with a somersault into the end zone — and Stafford’s touchdown pass to tight end Davis Allen for a 24-3 halftime lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025

The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floor in a deft somersault.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

It also completed 10 somersaults in only 11 seconds while remaining within about 4 or 5 centimeters of its planned flight path.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

From shoulder shimmies and frat flicks to somersaults and knee slides, the Flemings and Schifferles left it all on the dance floor to prove the prowess of their family name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Adopting the moniker of Prince, the fleet-footed fighter entertained the masses with his leopard-print shorts and somersaults into the boxing ring.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

After a Red Bull aerobatic helicopter improbably flipped over its rotor and pulled itself out of a dive at the last second, a group of children near the shore started imitating the maneuver in somersaults.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2025

How can I explain dragonflies do somersaults in my stomach whenever I think of the noisy room full of mouths chewing and laughing?

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

Children somersaulted into a pool as adults sipped cocktails and dined on burgers, blue- and orange-striped umbrellas shielding them from the summer sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025

It somersaulted and landed upside down, before righting itself upon landing.

From BBC ● May 17, 2025

He somersaulted over the snow at New York’s Whiteface Mountain, near a spot where his coach was watching.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023

Pulisic somersaulted off both hands and landed hard.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2021

For what seemed like hours, I bounced and twirled and flipped and somersaulted, my beaded braids flying up into the sky again and again, as if they could touch heaven.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

Skipper Al Burns described to The Times somersaulting underwater as the 35-foot ship sank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Fernandez was first shown a yellow card for dissent, then a second for a spectacularly late challenge that sent Cubarsi somersaulting.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Watching her gracefully somersaulting through the water — her silvery tail towed, at one point, by Sebastian’s tiny pincer — you can’t help feeling something not present enough on screens these days: joy.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

Humans’ love of spinning around in circles, especially during childhood, is evidenced by the enduring popularity of playground merry-go-rounds, revolving fun park rides and the irresistible draw of somersaulting down a hill.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

One friend even gave her the bunk bed that Ashley and I would sleep on—I immediately started swinging and somersaulting from the wooden slats under the top bunk and nearly destroyed several of them!

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles