rotate
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Decisions to rotate goalkeepers and limit minutes for certain players, including Josh Acheampong, who often features briefly from the bench, have caused some discontent.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
A planet orbiting both stars experiences competing gravitational pulls, which cause its orbit to slowly rotate, or precess, much like a spinning top wobbling under gravity.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
The war led the market to question what happens when Brent-linked barrels can’t physically move, Germini added — and the answer is that “buyers rotate fast toward benchmarks and grades that can move.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
It has been a volatile period for chip stocks amid the fighting in Iran, which has led investors to rotate away from technology companies riding the artificial-intelligence boom and toward value plays.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
That it would turn without crushing its bearings and rotate smoothly and true were engineering hopes supported only by calculations that reflected known qualities of iron and steel.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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