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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gyrate .
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Examples
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In one decade, the oil price gyrated wildly - from a low of $8 a barrel in 1998 to a peak of $147 in 2008.
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The first time Elvis gyrated onstage, the crowd went wild.
John W. Whitehead: Elvis Presley: Down Lonely Street at the Heartbreak Hotel John W. Whitehead 2011
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Scantily clad, sweat-slicked bodies gyrated to the beats on the elevated dance floor.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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In one decade, the oil price gyrated wildly - from a low of $8 a barrel in 1998 to a peak of $147 in 2008.
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In the week ending March 16, as markets gyrated on news of the nuclear crisis, Japanese equity ETFs saw inflows of $785 million, according to EPFR Global.
Overheard 2011
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Alexis Krauss of the former, decked in a tight, red throwback jersey spasmed and gyrated across the stage as guitarist Derek Miller stood behind in solidarity.
Alexander Adler: 362 Days Till Alexander Adler 2011
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Alexis Krauss of the former, decked in a tight, red throwback jersey spasmed and gyrated across the stage as guitarist Derek Miller stood behind in solidarity.
Alexander Adler: 362 Days Till Alexander Adler 2011
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The political crisis in the Middle East and North Africa continued to hurt sentiment as oil prices gyrated.
Germany Leads European Shares Lower Barbara Kollmeyer 2011
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Alexis Krauss of the former, decked in a tight, red throwback jersey spasmed and gyrated across the stage as guitarist Derek Miller stood behind in solidarity.
Alexander Adler: 362 Days Till Alexander Adler 2011
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BP's stock gyrated similarly last year, buffeted by everything from bad weather to robotic snafus on the sea-bed, not to mention a steady drip-feed of comments from politicians and clean-up officials.
BP's Parallel With Japan Crisis Liam Denning 2011
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