somersault

Two members of the Caballero family, Rubén Sr. and Rubén Jr., are also recognized for being the first to execute the quadruple somersault under the big top tent in 1985.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Isack Hadjar crashed his Red Bull on his own at the final chicane and Pierre Gasly's Alpine was tipped into a somersault by Liam Lawson's Racing Bulls at the final corner.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

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

She tucked into a roll, turned the impact into a somersault, and came up standing.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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

If you could have seen inner Mark when he didn't reach the pink, he was doing somersaults and then I potted a good yellow.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Stone knits puppets and vaudeville acts, songs and somersaults, as well as melds two groups of people who might not have shared a lunch table in high school — the jocks and the theater geeks.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

His body somersaults, over and over, faster and faster, until it hangs suspended, just above the stage floor.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2024

I was able to regain control, except on one of my tumbling passes on floor, I went too hard into the somersaults and landed out of bounds.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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

From BBC ● May 17, 2025

Kenneth Gainwell somersaulted into the end zone for a 12-yard score and a 7-0 Eagles’ lead in the first quarter.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023

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

Players somersaulted, dove and leapt for the ball, and their efforts were filmed by the Japanese Olympic Committee in 1964.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021

My stomach somersaulted with sickness and squeezing fear.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

Cam, who works in his father’s garage and is called “Faid” for “financial aid,” she meets cute, crashing a bicycle into his truck and somersaulting into the bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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

The somersaulting journey can leave some fish bruised and unwilling to eat for days.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 9, 2023

His other brethren form up behind him, dancing and somersaulting with the zeal of acrobats at a carnival.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir