somersault

To perform one somersault after another, the robot must slow down in exactly the right way so that it begins each new flip under the proper conditions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Two members of the Caballero family, Rubén Sr. and Rubén Jr., are also recognized for being the first to execute the quadruple somersault under the big top tent in 1985.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

The USA's Ilia Malinin performs a somersault during his routine in the figure skating team event.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Ever the showman, he celebrated with a somersault.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025

Animalcules somersault about our faces when we breathe.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

It also completed 10 somersaults in only 11 seconds while remaining within about 4 or 5 centimeters of its planned flight path.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

From shoulder shimmies and frat flicks to somersaults and knee slides, the Flemings and Schifferles left it all on the dance floor to prove the prowess of their family name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Adopting the moniker of Prince, the fleet-footed fighter entertained the masses with his leopard-print shorts and somersaults into the boxing ring.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

After a Red Bull aerobatic helicopter improbably flipped over its rotor and pulled itself out of a dive at the last second, a group of children near the shore started imitating the maneuver in somersaults.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2025

It somersaults swiftly, handle over blade, and finds itself buried in the dartboard once again.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

It somersaulted and landed upside down, before righting itself upon landing.

From BBC ● May 17, 2025

He somersaulted over the snow at New York’s Whiteface Mountain, near a spot where his coach was watching.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023

Two drives later, Davis front-flip somersaulted into the end zone for a six-yard score.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

The capsule, 20 inches in diameter, somersaulted in the air for a few seconds before a parachute deployed and snapped the container upright for a slow descent.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2022

As he somersaulted into a clump of nettles in the ditch bottom, he remembered vividly the scent of beanflowers at sunset.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Skipper Al Burns described to The Times somersaulting underwater as the 35-foot ship sank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Fernandez was first shown a yellow card for dissent, then a second for a spectacularly late challenge that sent Cubarsi somersaulting.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Watching her gracefully somersaulting through the water — her silvery tail towed, at one point, by Sebastian’s tiny pincer — you can’t help feeling something not present enough on screens these days: joy.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

Our love for gyration is evidenced by the enduring popularity of playground merry-go-rounds and revolving park rides, and the irresistible draw of somersaulting down a hill.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

The only thing that saved him from absolute suffocation was the sea breeze somersaulting and fooling, first ahead, then behind, running and panting like a dog ready to play.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt