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For a guy who works from a swivel chair, I’m basically function-maxxing already.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Behind her, an elegantly decorated living room can be seen, with a large L-shaped gray couch set up against one wall opposite two cozy-looking white swivel chairs.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

Similarly, the accompanying swivel chairs from HD Buttercup and the barstool seats in the kitchen are upholstered in Bengal and Husky-durable textiles that camouflage their rescues pet hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

Similarly, the accompanying swivel chairs from HD Buttercup and the barstool seats in the kitchen are upholstered in Bengal and Husky-durable textiles that camouflage pet hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

Or maybe it was that he didn’t trust his head not to swivel back toward Mom and the rest of his body to follow.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Tiangong Omni swivels its torso wildly from side to side while waving its bent arms in front of its face.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

We studied the choreography, mimicking his strut to the ballroom stage, the hip swivels, the disco arm roll as he sings about getting Brad and Janet a satanic mechanic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

As the hulking antenna swivels into action, screens inside the control room light up with the names of objects the radar system detects: stars, satellites and abandoned rocket bodies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

There’s a light, power outlets including a USB-C port, a small mirror and a TV that swivels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

He swivels his clipboard, which he had been holding in front of me, toward her.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

The pupils, age 6 to 8, adjusted collars, swiveled belts and repositioned the name badges on their chests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

As I swiveled on my diner stool, the butterflies started to grow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

They then swiveled their wings forward to continue on their way.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023

A little over a year ago, Netflix reported a subscriber loss for the first time in a decade, and Wall Street’s interest swiveled.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2023

Granddaddy swiveled the ledger to look at this and smiled.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

It felt the game still had at least one more twist, and it arrived when fellow substitute Oda swivelled in the box, with his left-footed shot deflecting perfectly into the top corner.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024

Shamsi pinched a single and Maharaj swivelled the next ball for four, beating his chest in celebration.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023

However, the forward made no mistake when he swivelled in the area and his low effort found the bottom corner.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023

Pedro played a one-two with Danilo Cataldi, gathered with his back to goal and swivelled to curl a magnificent shot into the top left corner.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

He swivelled his huge right ear until it was parallel with the ground, then he placed Sophie gently inside it.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

“Every second, every volley, your head is swiveling from side to side,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

The team at Aardman knows how to manipulate our expectations for maximum humor, so much that seeing Feathers McGraw swiveling on a chair holding a new pet can yield laugh-out-loud results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

I looked like an owl, my head swiveling on my neck, trying to take it all in.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024

What isn’t allowed is big-ticket items - “appliances, for example,” he said, swiveling to point at the refrigerators behind him.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

“I know, I know,” Leon said sharply, swiveling away in his desk chair as if Brian weren’t important enough to be addressed directly.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Krasso doubled the lead after showing great skill to juggle the ball and then swivelling and hooking in a left-footed shot from eight yards out in the 58th minute.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2024

Stina Blackstenius opened the scoring, controlling the ball on her chest and swivelling to finish.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2023

Arrizabalaga blocked Hause’s initial shot but the centre-back reacted smartly, swivelling at the edge of the six-yard box and shunting the ball over the line.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2020

A figure in head-to-toe metallic coverings braced one limb against the door frame, swivelling its helmeted head back and forth at us.

From Nature ● Jan. 28, 2020

And swivelling round in his chair, he picked up his pen and began to write.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley