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Energy prices in particular can gyrate wildly in the short run, making the underlying inflation rate look higher or lower than it really is.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

Indeed, the balanced remarks led U.S. stocks to gyrate between modest gains and losses.

From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 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

Tourbillon, tōōr-bil′yun, n. anything with a spiral movement: a whirlwind: a kind of firework which gyrates in the air.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Korean stocks gyrated, triggering circuit-breakers meant to stop losses on the way down.

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

On a recent Wednesday, a Chinese fire dancer gyrated to the drone of a didgeridoo, an Indigenous Australian instrument, in the courtyard of an Israeli musician’s home.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

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

Mop gave a thumbs-up while Bren gyrated and did some weird dance move and almost fell over.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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

The team dressed in Santa hats and reindeer antlers, throwing the slowly gyrating microphone to each other to speak while candy canes floated around their heads.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025

At its height, and after gyrating through a verse or two of “Confessions,” Usher brought forth an HBCU-style marching band and drumline in formation, spelling out his name.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

“And,” he began, “the truck driver said the last thing he saw was the man gyrating wildly with his arms and legs pumping up and down as if he was on the dance floor.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos