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gyrate

[jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt] / ˈdʒaɪ reɪt, dʒaɪˈreɪt, ˈdʒaɪ reɪt /


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These two categories often gyrate up and down and exaggerate changes in GDP.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

They mostly gyrate based on how they’re perceived on social media and the skill of company insiders at harnessing that energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Those bearing the structures often gyrate to the beat provided by percussionists alongside religious chants and devotional folk songs.

From Barron's Feb. 1, 2026

Indeed, the balanced remarks led U.S. stocks to gyrate between modest gains and losses.

From Reuters Aug. 25, 2023

He saw the two dial indicators gyrate frantically.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Key details: The headline increase in wholesale prices was exaggerated by a large rise in a category known as retail trade margins that often gyrates sharply from month to month.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

Delia is possessed by a ghoul who makes her sing the Caribbean number in the voice of Belafonte while she gyrates with her mortified dinner guests.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Then, after he talks himself out, he gyrates to the music, waving his veiny arms in the air.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2025

In pink trousers and a matching puffer jacket, Grammy-nominated Kenyan musician Bien-Aime Alusa gyrates on stage as he sings to a bank of swaying fans, many capturing the moment on their mobile phones.

From Reuters Jan. 5, 2023

Whilst, therefore, the storm, in the northern hemisphere, gyrates from right to left, in the southern hemisphere, it gyrates from left to right; both gyrations being against the course of the sun.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes

Korean stocks gyrated, triggering circuit-breakers meant to stop losses on the way down.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

The purchasing power of gold has gyrated from one year to the next.

From MarketWatch Oct. 14, 2025

To demonstrate their fondness for dancing, they had Siri play “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars and then jumped, twisted and gyrated like teens at homecoming.

From Seattle Times Mar. 9, 2024

He added: "As an armchair fan of the show I have watched in awe as people have twirled and gyrated across the screen. And now it's my turn... gulp!"

From BBC Dec. 2, 2023

They tumbled, balanced and gyrated, cavorting comically across the laden tabletops without upsetting as much as a single sultana.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

In the fog of war, precise data is scarce and the battlefield is shifting too fast for investors, leading to gyrating oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

“Dance music is Black music,” Fox told the crowd in between his gyrating and turning up.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2025

The team dressed in Santa hats and reindeer antlers, throwing the slowly gyrating microphone to each other to speak while candy canes floated around their heads.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2025

At its height, and after gyrating through a verse or two of “Confessions,” Usher brought forth an HBCU-style marching band and drumline in formation, spelling out his name.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2024

At the ballet, in operas, on the concert stage, lilting, driving, whirling, tiptoeing, leaping, gliding, jumping, gyrating and twirling, Russian music can’t get enough of it.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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