spinning

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They are also investigating whether similar mechanisms could help explain the lack of planets around binary pulsars, which are pairs of rapidly spinning neutron stars that emit regular radio pulses.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 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 siblings’ all-day play in the backyard took on a spinning, rapturous dimension from the swarms of insects that whirred around and above them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He can’t do high spinning kicks or elaborate gymnastics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

If spinning fast was almost worthless in most situations, it happened to be the perfect thing against the marauders.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott