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For little kids, almost all activities are unfamiliar, and so whatever they do—splash in water, somersault, pick dandelions—they do with the delight of discovery.

New Year’s Eve is a turning point for Linda and Johnny, a dual somersault toward the possibility of happiness.

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In 1950, he married June Biber, a Chicago classmate, and performed a standing somersault at the wedding.

Their fluttering punches and somersaults, or relative stillness, may unconsciously condition us to expect chaos or calm from our baby-to-be, training us to be the best mom for the job.

Instead of making his mouth do somersaults, Wallen centers himself in the music, focusing on his lungs, his throat.

Anything more complicated than a somersault looks like a cutscene from a PlayStation game.

This, and no other, is the explanation of that remarkable somersault in Napoleon's diplomacy which followed in the next few weeks.

This was apparently a complete somersault, for it meant that either Alexander must yield or the alliance would be jeopardized.

At any rate he tripped on the edge of a rug, almost turned a somersault, blacked his eye and cried for half an hour.

Your abolition government may turn a somersault some fine morning.

And with the recovery of the name Quin's mind did another somersault.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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