spinning
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They are also the first large CalMac ships fitted with Voith Schneider propulsor units - spinning blades that hang vertically from a drum - rather than traditional screw propellers.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
During this active phase, known as a quasar, gas and dust form a spinning disk around the black hole, releasing enormous amounts of energy as it falls inward.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
TAE creates something like a smoke ring of plasma and aims high-powered neutral particle beams at it to heat and stabilize it, spinning the plasma, like keeping a toy top in motion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Notice that the pattern of higher lows made last May, July, and September, marked by a bullish piercing line, a spinning top, and a doji, was broken in March.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
When she realized Daddy wasn’t her biological dad, several things clicked into place—but several other things swung free and set her spinning for a while.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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