spin
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Then in 2021, SAP decided to spin it out via an IPO that valued it at $21 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Fractons, exotic quasiparticles previously predicted in quantum spin liquids using highly generalized gauge field theories, have now also appeared in simulations of a more realistic quantum solid-state model.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Actor and playwright Ellen McLaughlin, who originated the role of the Angel in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” has put her own modern spin on ancient Greek dramas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The other is the Zeeman effect, which describes the coupling between the magnetic field and electron spin.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Just as I was drifting to sleep, I swore to myself that I would never spin again.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Various other videos and comments have been sharing creative spins on their search queries to avoid sponsored posts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Without that strain, as in the material's natural bulk form, the electron spins did not show signs of altermagnetism.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
While her last break was an effort to get away from skating, Liu told NBC Sports that this time she will continue training to improve her “overall artistry, spins, jumps, everything.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He develops a reputation for aggression, seemingly fighting a war against everyone on the asphalt that spins out when he attempts to bully a cosmopolitan French driver into submission.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
She is a vague figure, oftenest depicted at her spinning-wheel, where the threads she spins are of gold, but what she spins them for is a secret.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Through the bracero program’s 22-year span, as many as 4 million workers came in and presumably went home — though not always; a generation of families came here, or were born here, and stayed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The bridge over the Tumen river into Russia and an under-construction span to China are part of a shift that offers Western-sanctioned Pyongyang economic and strategic options it has long sought, experts said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the span of just three months, Goldman Sachs analysts have gone from lowering their oil-price forecasts to hiking them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
They span efforts to train Somalian coastguards in tackling piracy, advise border police in Mali, and help Ukrainian prosecutors investigate war crime allegations.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
A full emotional one-eighty in a span of sixty seconds.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
For more than seven decades, she helped millions strip away the veils of hierarchy, patriarchy and all the stories spun about gendered expectations to confront the actual experience of women’s lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
She recorded 1987’s acclaimed “Trio” album with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, and it spun off four top 10 country hits; both “Trio” and its follow-up, 1999’s “Trio II,” won Grammy awards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The new simulations suggest that such a star cannot be spun up nearly as much during later passages.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
But “Heartbreak Hotel” and “You Oughtta Know” were regularly spun in the car.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Jonah spun around—or, spun as well as anyone could, three seconds after vomiting.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
If both your head and your credit card are spinning, it’s understandable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The impact sent Bustillos’ car spinning into a nearby bus stop, where Carlos was waiting after walking a friend home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Anytime you feel as if a co-worker is spinning a false narrative, it helps to have evidence that shows what they are claiming is, at the very least, one-sided.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Pulsar Timing Arrays rely on rapidly spinning neutron stars known as pulsars, which act as extraordinarily precise clocks in space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The miller’s daughter, Opal, was spinning outside on the porch.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
