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gyrate

[jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt] / ˈdʒaɪ reɪt, dʒaɪˈreɪt, ˈdʒaɪ reɪt /


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Repo rates would then surge, hedge funds could liquidate Treasury positions en masse, and yields would gyrate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Those bearing the structures often gyrate to the beat provided by percussionists alongside religious chants and devotional folk songs.

From Barron's Feb. 1, 2026

Jobless claims tend to gyrate during the holiday season, between Thanksgiving and early in the new year.

From MarketWatch Dec. 11, 2025

Since its government-backed rescue of Credit Suisse, UBS has seen the value of its shares and bonds gyrate wildly.

From Reuters Mar. 22, 2023

He saw the two dial indicators gyrate frantically.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Key details: The headline increase in wholesale prices was exaggerated by a large rise in a category known as retail trade margins that often gyrates sharply from month to month.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

Delia is possessed by a ghoul who makes her sing the Caribbean number in the voice of Belafonte while she gyrates with her mortified dinner guests.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Then, after he talks himself out, he gyrates to the music, waving his veiny arms in the air.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2025

In pink trousers and a matching puffer jacket, Grammy-nominated Kenyan musician Bien-Aime Alusa gyrates on stage as he sings to a bank of swaying fans, many capturing the moment on their mobile phones.

From Reuters Jan. 5, 2023

Even humanism, which by its name would seem to be brother to its present-day parody, perceived an ideal far above the vicious circle in which humanitarianism gyrates.

From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by More, Paul Elmer

South Korean stocks gyrated, triggering circuit-breakers, while Charles Schwab tightened margin requirements for clients.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

The purchasing power of gold has gyrated from one year to the next.

From MarketWatch Oct. 14, 2025

He added: "As an armchair fan of the show I have watched in awe as people have twirled and gyrated across the screen. And now it's my turn... gulp!"

From BBC Dec. 2, 2023

But even since that plunge, the yield on two-year notes has gyrated sharply higher and lower.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2023

They tumbled, balanced and gyrated, cavorting comically across the laden tabletops without upsetting as much as a single sultana.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Stocks are gyrating as though there’s a full-blown crisis, while the S&P 500 is just 2% from its high.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

“Sexistential” presents both sides of a modern mother’s Venn diagram, with Robyn gyrating in its overlapping middle, inviting us to her party.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2026

Yes, Britney karaoke is mostly a frivolous, gyrating nightclub fantasy, but an accessible and uplifting one.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2023

Keep going: roller skaters gyrating gracefully or wildly to disco music.

From New York Times Jan. 1, 2023

At a formal dinner once a professor of some science or other, wanting to make small talk, had pointed out a few insects gyrating above a candelabra.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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