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pirouette

[pir-oo-et] / ˌpɪr uˈɛt /














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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

A jeté flashes in silhouette, a pirouette vanishes like a whisper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

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

Belet's pirouette completed, she slowly lowered her foot like a ballet dancer.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda