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To blithely swivel so much concrete out into space, and in earthquake country, seems to tempt fate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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

Similarly, the accompanying swivel chairs from HD Buttercup and the barstool seats in the kitchen are upholstered in Bengal and Husky-durable textiles that camouflage their rescues pet hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

The calmness and poise to turn and swivel on it.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

The great ear in which Sophie was sitting began to swivel round.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

The Tiangong Omni swivels its torso wildly from side to side while waving its bent arms in front of its face.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

He swivels in his chair to point to it over Zoom.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023

The man’s head swivels groggily around: has he even heard her?

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

The shop quieted, chairs swiveled, and suddenly everyone was looking at me, at which point I said the one word I’ve never written in any of the last dozen or so Dodger preview columns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

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

Toney sent the ball out wide to Mads Roerslev who picked out Neal Maupay in the area, and the forward swiveled before volleying a left-footed strike inside the far post.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

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

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023

Every head at our table swiveled to look at Sahil.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

The on-loan Brighton forward, who replaced the injured Alessia Russo in the squad, controlled a long ball, swivelled and volleyed it into the top corner to make it 3-2.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025

Mr Trump swivelled in his chair and watched as his attorney railed against the case, occasionally closing his eyes as he has often been seen to do.

From BBC ● May 28, 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

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

Things out of place, especially — a canister swivelled out from the wall, an umbrella come partly open in the closet.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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

She rode the horseshoe back to the main stage and did “Tyrant” astride a golden mechanical bull accompanied by two bull heads on swiveling robot arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025

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

Ready, little guy?" he asked, swiveling his head to check on his passenger. “Off we go!"

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

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

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

Soon after, McGregor sent a fizzing effort just wide of the top corner and a swivelling Giakoumakis then volleyed off target.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2022

After some slow carousel passing involving Nathan Aké and Eric García, suddenly De Bruyne tapped a pass to Mahrez and his release had Sterling swivelling and shooting straight at Schmeichel.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 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