spun
Example Sentences
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They seized the football, spun their wheels and corkscrewed even deeper into the NFL basement with a demoralizing 24-16 defeat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Amodei said his company would allow outside evaluators like METR—which was spun off from a nonprofit founded by one of Amodei’s former group housemates—to verify its adherence to safety measures and assess model alignment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
There were the frozen steaks, the fraudulent university, the ill-fated airline shuttle, the bankrupt Atlantic City casinos and a short-lived dating show spun off from “The Apprentice” that was canceled after two seasons.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Deflected shot hit the post and spun wide.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
As long as there was straw in The Kingdom, King Barf would want it spun into gold.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
