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The low-centered mass also helps damp body roll and other transient forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
The steering felt accurate, and the slight body roll felt necessary to give the driver a good sense of the road.
From The Verge ● Nov. 23, 2021
The car moves through curves flat, with little body roll, even at speeds faster than people should be driving on public roads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2018
In one exception, Beyoncé and her dancers, with a synchronicity that immediately recalls the choreography of “Formation,” body roll in front of “The Coronation of Napoleon.”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 19, 2018
Should the body roll from side to side, spread the arms until the body is steadied; sometimes a slight stroke from the side which is rolling is sufficient to maintain the balance.
From Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old by Dalton, Frank Eugen
The battle scenes are as much dance as fight, and some of the body-roll ensemble action could be from a music video.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2019
At slower speeds, the shocks all but eliminated body-roll from the KingQuad's vocabulary and greatly improved its turning mannerisms.
From Time Magazine Archive
She body-rolled effortlessly through her hits — “Umbrella,” “Diamonds,” “Pour It Up.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2023
Rosario Dawson and some pals body-rolled to Bruno Mars’s “24K Magic,” but everyone else was standing around gawking, still trying to figure out how to be human again.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
Somehow, Lipa managed not to lose her breath, despite demanding, body-rolling dance routines that only occasionally recalled Jane Fonda's 1980s keep fit videos.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
He goes deep in his bag for some Magic Mike-era body-rolling acrobatics in service of some coffee brand called STōK, which, I have to assume, is exclusively sold at Ikea.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
I’m only a few years older than these characters, and I warn you, fellow old millennials, the school-dance soundtrack will have you body-rolling in your seat if you’re not careful.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
"It's hard work being a property brother," the on-screen text reads before various video cuts show the 43-year-old siblings body-rolling and performing some of their dance moves.
From Fox News ● Jan. 26, 2022
“Activate that water energy!” she told the audience, which was frantically body-rolling.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2020
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