spinning

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Because the inner ear’s balance organs are wired to the eye muscles, when displaced crystals send false signals that the head is spinning, the eyes reflexively move to compensate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The last two weeks registered spinning tops, which indicate selling pressure is abating.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

In the emergency room, doctors can use a test called the Dix-Hallpike maneuver to diagnose BPPV, by putting the patient into positions that provoke the telltale spinning sensation and eye movements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The study also revealed that Cooper pairs in this material behave as if they carry angular momentum, similar to a spinning object.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

Late at night, when the fire was only a few glowing coals and Gran was snoring, I slipped out of bed and sat at the spinning wheel.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff