gyrate
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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
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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
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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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