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swivel

[swiv-uhl] / ˈswɪv əl /


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After Iger departed, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones pushed back his swivel chair and stood to address the room.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

For a guy who works from a swivel chair, I’m basically function-maxxing already.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Maddox Batson sits in a swivel chair in a West Hollywood recording studio on a recent evening, spinning idly as his mother and manager go over their plans for the next few days.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

Behind her, an elegantly decorated living room can be seen, with a large L-shaped gray couch set up against one wall opposite two cozy-looking white swivel chairs.

From MarketWatch Jan. 15, 2026

Mae and Tuck took seats on rumbling swivel stools at the long counter.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

As the hulking antenna swivels into action, screens inside the control room light up with the names of objects the radar system detects: stars, satellites and abandoned rocket bodies.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

There’s a light, power outlets including a USB-C port, a small mirror and a TV that swivels.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

Next to him, 67-year-old teacher and musician Alan Akaka swivels his desk chair from his computer screen to face Cortez with a pop quiz: “Have you been practicing with the music?”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2024

Then the camera swivels to show us none other than Andrew Dice Clay, tentatively muttering in a “Guys and Dolls” accent, “You wanted a picture in front of the tree with me?”

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2024

She swivels the chair back toward my desk and starts opening my laptop.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

The pupils, age 6 to 8, adjusted collars, swiveled belts and repositioned the name badges on their chests.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Necks craned and eyes swiveled as a black SUV with tinted windows inched into traffic.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2023

They then swiveled their wings forward to continue on their way.

From Science Daily Nov. 9, 2023

During the initial statements from victims, Crusius occasionally swiveled in his seat or bobbed his head with little sign of emotion.

From Seattle Times Jul. 6, 2023

Her heartbeat hammered as the door to the jokomoto’s cage swung open and his head swiveled.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Kai Havertz swivelled neatly inside the area in both halves.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2024

He opened the scoring with a deft touch and swivelled finish after Declan Rice's threaded ball caught out the United defence.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2023

However, the forward made no mistake when he swivelled in the area and his low effort found the bottom corner.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2023

Verona took the lead in the ninth minute when Lazović gathered the ball with his back to goal and swivelled to fire into the roof of the net.

From Seattle Times Jan. 9, 2023

His ears twitched and then swivelled right around.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Americans are swiveling their heads between Iran and Venezuela and wondering what the turmoil in these countries means for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

I looked like an owl, my head swiveling on my neck, trying to take it all in.

From Slate Nov. 3, 2024

Colli, 76, liked swiveling in a chair to get a panoramic view.

From Seattle Times Feb. 19, 2024

What isn’t allowed is big-ticket items - “appliances, for example,” he said, swiveling to point at the refrigerators behind him.

From Washington Times Oct. 28, 2023

It was a small walnut upright piano with a round swiveling stool.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Erling Haaland had been fouled moments before regaining his footing, swivelling and sending Grealish through.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2023

"It looks ravishing, as usual: blue Cadillacs against orange desert, swivelling satellite dishes, mushroom clouds from nuclear tests rising silently on the horizon," he wrote.

From BBC May 24, 2023

Arrizabalaga blocked Hause’s initial shot but the centre-back reacted smartly, swivelling at the edge of the six-yard box and shunting the ball over the line.

From The Guardian Jun. 21, 2020

A figure in head-to-toe metallic coverings braced one limb against the door frame, swivelling its helmeted head back and forth at us.

From Nature Jan. 28, 2020

And swivelling round in his chair, he picked up his pen and began to write.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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