twirl
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Her “Floating Score,” inspired by Andy Warhol’s “Silver Clouds,” features 10 mirrored inflatables that, according to her artist statement, “will twirl rhythmically above the crowds, changing position, order and orientation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
These dancers—costumed by Camille Assaf in casual-cum-dressy ensembles primarily of blacks and grays—gambol, leap, twirl and scamper about the glossy, often scarlet-lit surface of set and lighting designer François-Pierre Couture’s raised stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
The post was accompanied by a short video of the 54-year-old singer showing how he would like fans to twirl the towels.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
He has requested a sold-out crowd to be in their seats ahead of kick-off to twirl the complimentary towels – a staple action for supporters in American sport.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
I have to read upside down because clipboards are not supposed to twirl by themselves.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
A bespectacled researcher who often twirls his curly hair, Amodei authors lengthy documents philosophizing about the importance of AI safety and is known for his deliberate approach to problem solving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
She’s wearing tight jeans, heels and a baggy Harvard hoodie and twirls the sweatshirt’s drawstrings in her fingers as she speaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
This season allows us to get to know more of them beyond a few quirks or twirls of the figurative mustache, although there’s a share of that.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2024
He chops the image up, twirls it around, makes it sing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
She twirls her pasta, dabs the corners of her wrinkly mouth with a red napkin.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
Has any noncinematic couple twirled three times when kissing in public?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
After each song ended, another woman looked to him eagerly, hoping for her turn to be twirled on the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
Rashid had Seifert stumped before Brook twirled through his tweakers - Ahmed having Rachin Ravindra caught mid-wicket in the 12th over.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Dancing to drums in downtown Yangon, the crowd of nationalist activists and saffron-robed monks twirled miniature national flags and toted banners denying accusations of ethnic cleansing being levelled at The Hague.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
Artemis twirled the locator’s band around his index finger.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
The star appeared as an air stewardess, twirling her way through baggage reclaim while shrugging off a bevy of useless men – a surgeon, a priest, a magician, an astronaut.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
At the forefront is Unitree, which went viral in January after its humanoid robots performed a Chinese folk dance live, marching rhythmically while tossing and twirling handkerchiefs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Diners were ushered into a grand, circular room, served by waiters dressed in "hanfu", and treated to an eight-act performance involving twirling dancers and emotive dialogue from actors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
As the beat from Azealia Banks’ “212” thumps in the background, she bounces around her tiny New York bedroom, twirling like a chemically enhanced cool girl.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
The thought caught Rishi so off guard that he stumbled, and Dimple, who’d been about to twirl into his arms, went twirling off into the room without him.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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