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somersaulted

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Polly compares the enormous explosion to being in a movie, "a yellow swirl of light… then being flipped into the air and somersaulted around".

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

He somersaulted over the snow at New York’s Whiteface Mountain, near a spot where his coach was watching.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023

Two drives later, Davis front-flip somersaulted into the end zone for a six-yard score.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Nearly 30 seconds passed before Keaton finally sprinted through the audience, dramatically somersaulted onto the stage Batman-style, relieved Hayek of the little green statue and blamed his tardiness on an ill-timed bathroom break.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2022

It kicked and somersaulted in my belly, coming alive.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez