somersaults

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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

Stone knits puppets and vaudeville acts, songs and somersaults, as well as melds two groups of people who might not have shared a lunch table in high school — the jocks and the theater geeks.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

His body somersaults, over and over, faster and faster, until it hangs suspended, just above the stage floor.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2024

In China, the extremely agile Zhou Quan set a record for the highest number of consecutive leg full twist back somersaults, managing 11 in a row.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

I just remember diving, turning somersaults, and paddling around.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins