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cartwheels

  • plural
    of cartwheel.
    cartwheel
    noun
    the wheel of a cart.

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At 10:30 a.m., the bell rings through the halls of William F. Prisk Elementary School in Long Beach, sending students racing onto the playground, throwing basketballs, doing cartwheels, gliding down slides.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

“Another great thing about Nashville is there’s no paparazzi. I literally was doing cartwheels down the Walmart aisles,” she joked.

From MarketWatch Mar. 18, 2026

“Doing cartwheels does not create value in manufacturing,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

With his backflips, one-handed cartwheels and quadruple-jumps galore, US figure skater Ilia Malinin's rip-roaring routines have proved a star attraction at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

My heart’s doing cartwheels, but I know what I need to do.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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