gyrate
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Oil prices can gyrate sharply, so Fed officials prefer to look at a separate measure of inflation known as the core rate that strips out energy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 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
The hare postures and gyrates in front of the hound.
From In Defense of Women by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
South Korean stocks gyrated, triggering circuit-breakers, while Charles Schwab tightened margin requirements for clients.
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
Geno Auriemma gyrated and gestured in anguish on the sideline as the No. 2-seeded Huskies launched a series of passes that missed the mark and sailed out of bounds.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 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
“That is keeping equities from gyrating too much.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
“Sexistential” presents both sides of a modern mother’s Venn diagram, with Robyn gyrating in its overlapping middle, inviting us to her party.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
Catta-Preta’s fireball energy delivers loud laughs, dancing, singing, gyrating and serving up humor in two languages — there seems to be nothing this fiery Brazilian can’t do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
When the lyrics kick in, Halliday begins to lip-synch along, still gyrating: “All dressed up with nowhere to go. Walking with a dead man over my shoulder. Don’t run away, it’s only me....”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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