spin
Example Sentences
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The planet circles a rapidly spinning neutron star.
From Science Daily
This series will also comfortably have the fewest combined overs of spin bowled in an Ashes series.
From BBC
He ran up debts, plundered her money and spun a story about a blackmailer from prison coming for them.
From BBC
Or the spin U.S. authorities tried to put on the dangers of nuclear radiation, post-Hiroshima.
All-rounder Jacks missed the tour of New Zealand as he recovered from a broken finger and returns to both squads as one of a number of spin options in the subcontinental conditions.
From BBC
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