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gyrate

[jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt] / ˈdʒaɪ reɪt, dʒaɪˈreɪt, ˈdʒaɪ reɪt /


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These two categories often gyrate up and down and exaggerate changes in GDP.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Dealmaking in the oil-and-gas sector, in particular, has faced challenges as oil prices gyrate.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 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

At 30.7% late on Wednesday, that gauge of how much traders expect the shares to gyrate still remains well below the high of 82% touched in March.

From Reuters Aug. 10, 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

All these were secondary matters and had to give way to the central idea that occupied his whole mind, that revolved around his work and his thoughts, as the earth gyrates about the sun.

From Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study by Arthur Glyn Leonard

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

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

Markets have gyrated this week on concerns over the toll on banks from the fastest set of interest rate hikes in decades.

From Seattle Times Mar. 16, 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

In the fog of war, precise data is scarce and the battlefield is shifting too fast for investors, leading to gyrating oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

“Dance music is Black music,” Fox told the crowd in between his gyrating and turning up.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 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

The rock music was booming, the dancers on stage were gyrating, and the crowd was going wild waving thousands of Taiwan flags.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2024

The Odessa High drum corps marched around the stadium doing rolls with joyous, gyrating turns.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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