spinning top
Britishnoun
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Instead of rotating around a single axis like most asteroids and planets, Donaldjohanson behaves more like a wobbling spinning top.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
As kick-off approaches I start breathing into a device that looks like a child's spinning top to record how quickly I'm breathing and how much carbon dioxide I'm breathing out.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Instead of accelerating lower, the stock has spent recent weeks stabilizing through a series of doji and spinning top candles.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
A planet orbiting both stars experiences competing gravitational pulls, which cause its orbit to slowly rotate, or precess, much like a spinning top wobbling under gravity.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
It consisted of a tin man mounted on a spinning top.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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