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pirouette

noun as in revolution

verb as in gyrate

verb as in spin

verb as in swivel

Strong matches

verb as in twirl

verb as in wheel

verb as in whirl

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Every turn, sweep, and pirouette channels the elements—a dip births a bolt of lightning arcing down from the sky.

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From morning till night it continued: the choosing of outfits, the practicing of pirouettes, the making of to-do lists.

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In Hover mode, the joystick provides fine-grained yaw control, allowing the BlackFly to execute its surreal pirouette.

Yet, their conversation always pirouettes back to the gap between the real world and the movies.

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It also discovered 300 new locations across the country for pink waxcap, also known as the ballerina waxcap as its cap flares out like a pirouetting dancer.

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