pirouette

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In Hover mode, the joystick provides fine-grained yaw control, allowing the BlackFly to execute its surreal pirouette.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

VAR disallowed the goal because they've said it's a careless challenge - but it's not a challenge, it's a pirouette in the middle of the pitch.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

One had to perform a double leap and pirouette to avoid the leaders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

During so-called learning walks, the animals then explore the immediate surroundings around the nest entrance and repeatedly pirouette around their own body axis with short stops in between.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

The poor guy didn’t even have a chance to pirouette.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan