in circles
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Spins are tricks that rotate on the horizontal axis, so turning in circles.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
The most likely is a fifth year of grinding attritional warfare, while talks go round in circles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
You typically drive in circles around familiar streets.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
"We take advantage of a synthetic effective field that arises when a terahertz pulse drives ions in the crystal lattice in circles," explains lead author Zhiyang Zeng.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025
And my shadow spends a lot of time walking in circles and staring into shop windows, pretending to look inside.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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