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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

It defines how predictably and agreeably a car will swivel its hips, under braking and throttle, without spinning out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 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

His awareness and agility to swivel and hit it first time off his left foot was even better, with the ball kissing the inside of the post on its way in.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025

A handsome Eames-designed executive swivel chair, an exact duplicate of the one Fischer had sat in while playing Petrosian in Buenos Aires, was flown in from the United States.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

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

One of the cops swivels his head in our direction as if I'd called him by name.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

My pod was roomy, with solid seat padding and a large TV screen that swiveled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

As I swiveled on my diner stool, the butterflies started to grow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 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

Suddenly, the head of a gigantic doll swiveled around and she froze, but it was too late.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Unbelievably at first, my ankle swiveled fine, cured, like magic.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Kai Havertz swivelled neatly inside the area in both halves.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024

Having so nearly been out of the tie, Dortmund were right back in it soon afterwards when substitute Sebastien Haller swivelled to crash the ball in at the near post.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024

It felt the game still had at least one more twist, and it arrived when fellow substitute Oda swivelled in the box, with his left-footed shot deflecting perfectly into the top corner.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024

Pedro played a one-two with Danilo Cataldi, gathered with his back to goal and swivelled to curl a magnificent shot into the top left corner.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 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

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

She kept swiveling her head around and up and down.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

From Champions League toe-pokes to swivelling on a dime in baggy blaugrana, the Ballon d'Or winner's very presence was enough to tune in for.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

"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

The golden ship that had led him here was swivelling in the wind.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick