axis
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The Earth all but shifted on its axis following this, due to the breathtakingly bonkers discourse that followed the incident.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
As the main axis is there, I expect them to get very close to winning it again.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The Sun's gravitational pull on Mars changes over the course of the planet's seasons because Mars travels along a slightly elliptical orbit and rotates on a tilted axis.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The measurements showed that the magnetar's magnetic axis and rotational axis are almost aligned.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The world must be spinning off its axis.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
But they were pushed back this week, and the government launched a counter-offensive into Tigrayan territory along three axes towards Mekelle, according to the Critical Threats Project, part of the American Enterprise Institute think tank.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
By combining measurements taken along the axes of the jets, the team searched for H-alpha, a characteristic signature of ionized hydrogen gas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
It bears heavy signs of use and was made by Fuhrer Frères of Gstaad, the same Swiss firm that supplied fifteen axes to the 1924 Everest expedition.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Down below, on the murky peak, the demons were busily cutting the stairway loose with axes and hammers and saws.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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