pirouetting

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She did it again on the very next possession, this time coming down from the top of the key, pirouetting into the paint and dropping in the easy two-footer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Elsewhere in the country, ballets are also pirouetting up from the page.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2023

This iron-rich dancer is capable of pirouetting at ever-changing speeds.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

James Rodriguez stunned the crowd with a sensational strike, taking the ball on his chest just outside the D, before pirouetting and smashing an unstoppable volley into the top corner.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

He sweeps me around him, my leather slippers pirouetting over the packed earth.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black