spin
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The city is grandiose enough that there are even ways for filmmakers to put their own spin on its more conventional sights and sounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
However, on July 28 the company said the spacecraft had been in an out-of-control spin for 72 hours with multiple problems including a loss of communications.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Zuckerberg's manifesto is the latest to land in our social media feeds in an effort to put a positive spin on AI.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"No one ever thought we could go viral like this," Fava told AFP on Wednesday, as the pair returned to Testaccio square, in the namesake historic working-class district of the Italian capital, for another spin.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
She did not want me to spin, and now I realized it wasn’t because I couldn’t do it, but because I could spin more than thread or yarn.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
They shuffle their feet to Whitney Houston’s “Love Is a Contact Sport,” while another dancer hops on a pole and spins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
A woman in a red dress spins onto the club dance floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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
"With future instruments and larger telescopes, we'll be able to measure spins for even more worlds and connect rotation, chemistry, and formation history across entire planetary systems."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
One last log spins, trapped in a swirl of current.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
It is the world's biggest single colony of little penguins, which have a life span of about six years with habitats in southern Australia -- mostly Tasmania -- and New Zealand.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
California’s roadless areas span 21 national forests, including portions of the Angeles, Tahoe, Inyo, Shasta-Trinity and Los Padres national forests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
That leaves scientists with relatively little information about how life changed during an enormous span covering about 90 percent of Earth's history.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Disney’s programming plans for the coming 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks span ABC News, Hulu, Disney+ and National Geographic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Maribel has a limited attention span and often fiddles with her pencil or other desk supplies during class time.”
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
MS NOW became part of Versant, a new company made up of NBCUniversal cable channels that were spun off by former owner Comcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It is an industry that has survived centuries, with wool being spun back in the Bronze Age.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Oprah spun off Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, and gave oxygen to Suzanne Somers’ and Jenny McCarthy’s toxic messages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
About two decades ago, Air Canada spun off Aeroplan as a separate, publicly-traded entity to help raise money after a bankruptcy restructuring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Glory spun so fast her hat came off.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Thatcher’s warbly voice hangs in the air; tales of the Leatherman and lost daughters spinning around your brain as you try to fall asleep.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
People line up and turn toward one another in pairs to salsa dance, then shift to breakdancing, spinning on their heads and flipping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Emerging between fireworks, Kerr had strutted out on to the track, spinning a bottle, and allowed his 12 rivals to sprint away.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Sandisk stock fell 47% in July—its worst month since spinning off from Western Digital.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
After Red left, I stuffed just a few things in a satchel: a dry loaf of bread, some biscuits, a skin of water, and my mother’s bobbin from her spinning wheel.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
