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This doesn't mean their spin is completely fixed, however, and all tidally locked moons oscillate back and forth as they orbit.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

This is because the Moon is tidally locked to Earth, and takes the same amount of time to orbit our planet - about 27 days - meaning the same side always faces us.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

The planet is tidally locked, meaning that one side is always facing its star, experiencing daytime, while the other is in perpetual night.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

WASP-17b is also tidally locked, meaning it always shows the same face to its star.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

So sang the shore, the long bay-scented shore, Broken by many an isle, many an inlet bird-embosomed, And the sea gave answer, bridally, tidally turning, And leapt, radiant, into his rocky arms!

From Sea Poems by Rice, Cale Young