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
After I was finished with my set, several people came up to thank me including one man, a Mexico-based artist named Memo Wright, who drew a live sketch of me spinning, which made my day.
From Los Angeles Times • 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
A double-bottom base formed, starting with a spinning top near $400 on December 11.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
The spinning, my mother, my name, and how I had come to gain Archie.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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