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After Iger departed, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones pushed back his swivel chair and stood to address the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Behind her, an elegantly decorated living room can be seen, with a large L-shaped gray couch set up against one wall opposite two cozy-looking white swivel chairs.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

The calmness and poise to turn and swivel on it.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

These chairs are widely regarded as precursors of modern office chairs that swivel and tilt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025

They come inside, and I swivel around in my desk chair so I’m facing them.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

The Tiangong Omni swivels its torso wildly from side to side while waving its bent arms in front of its face.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

As the hulking antenna swivels into action, screens inside the control room light up with the names of objects the radar system detects: stars, satellites and abandoned rocket bodies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

There’s a light, power outlets including a USB-C port, a small mirror and a TV that swivels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Next to him, 67-year-old teacher and musician Alan Akaka swivels his desk chair from his computer screen to face Cortez with a pop quiz: “Have you been practicing with the music?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

When I don't answer, the armchair swivels around, and what I see makes my jaw drop.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

My pod was roomy, with solid seat padding and a large TV screen that swiveled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

And then, just like the wartime industries of L.A., the peacetime ports swiveled to more commercial operations.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025

Toney sent the ball out wide to Mads Roerslev who picked out Neal Maupay in the area, and the forward swiveled before volleying a left-footed strike inside the far post.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

They then swiveled their wings forward to continue on their way.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023

Her heartbeat hammered as the door to the jokomoto’s cage swung open and his head swiveled.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The on-loan Brighton forward, who replaced the injured Alessia Russo in the squad, controlled a long ball, swivelled and volleyed it into the top corner to make it 3-2.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025

It felt the game still had at least one more twist, and it arrived when fellow substitute Oda swivelled in the box, with his left-footed shot deflecting perfectly into the top corner.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024

He opened the scoring with a deft touch and swivelled finish after Declan Rice's threaded ball caught out the United defence.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2023

Pedro played a one-two with Danilo Cataldi, gathered with his back to goal and swivelled to curl a magnificent shot into the top left corner.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

When Ralph couldn’t answer, Pinkus swivelled in his chair and looked out each of his five windows, one after another, right to left.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Americans are swiveling their heads between Iran and Venezuela and wondering what the turmoil in these countries means for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

She rode the horseshoe back to the main stage and did “Tyrant” astride a golden mechanical bull accompanied by two bull heads on swiveling robot arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025

I looked like an owl, my head swiveling on my neck, trying to take it all in.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024

Think floors full of empty rolling, swiveling chairs with ergonomic designs.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

Ready, little guy?" he asked, swiveling his head to check on his passenger. “Off we go!"

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

Erling Haaland had been fouled moments before regaining his footing, swivelling and sending Grealish through.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

Until engineers could upload new software to its fine guidance sensor, the observatory was swivelling all over the sky.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023

After some slow carousel passing involving Nathan Aké and Eric García, suddenly De Bruyne tapped a pass to Mahrez and his release had Sterling swivelling and shooting straight at Schmeichel.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2020

A figure in head-to-toe metallic coverings braced one limb against the door frame, swivelling its helmeted head back and forth at us.

From Nature ● Jan. 28, 2020

The golden ship that had led him here was swivelling in the wind.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick