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Dressed in MJ's Billie Jean outfit, she pirouetted and moonwalked and jumped on the tables as if she'd been possessed by the man himself.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

On a recent afternoon, 18 members of Birmingham Royal Ballet spun, pirouetted and leaped across a rehearsal room, with all the grace and skill associated with classical dance.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2023

“See how she pirouetted away from that question about honoring precedent — beautiful hideballet there.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

Gilgeous-Alexander made three step-back three-pointers in the third quarter and, after the last, pirouetted toward one section of the lower bowl and smiled.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2021

But questions pirouetted around Penelope’s mind faster than even the ballerinas of the Imperial Russian Ballet could have managed: Who had requested these awful stories about children and wolves?

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood