tum·bling
ˈtəm-b(ə-)liŋ 
: the skill, practice, or sport of executing gymnastic feats (such as somersaults and handsprings) without the use of apparatus
: tipped or slanted out of the vertical
—used especially of a cattle brand
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
This dual-chamber tumbling composter is easy to turn and closes securely to keep out pests.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2024
For one thing, both places were crawling with cats, turning a high-concept livestream from Marvel Entertainment into a chaotic scene of tumbling, jumping, eating, purring felines that just might have been extraterrestrials in disguise (a.k.a.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
My perfect morning goes something like this: Wake up, hit the gym, eat a well-balanced breakfast, and then log onto YouTube and immerse myself in the doomsday percussion and tumbling flows of DMV crank.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 19 Dec. 2023
Cultivars such as winter or pink jasmine grow in lush, robust shapes, with tumbling stems and blooms that emit a fresh perfume.
—Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
Ferrell Center will remain home to the school's national champion acrobatics & tumbling team, and the women's volleyball squad.
—Stephen Hawkins, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
With its stock price tumbling, SmileDirectClub was pressured to spend on acquiring customers to demonstrate its business could grow, said Eric Snyder, chairman of bankruptcy at the Wilk Auslander law firm.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
Some stocks may be attractively valued—but for good reason, such as tumbling profits, or declining or disrupted industries.
—Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 17 Dec. 2023
John Marks, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
The Senate majority leader represents the big-business wing of the Republican Party, and Wall Street, if the tumbling stock market is any indication, fears Trump’s protectionism will cause economic pain.
—Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2018
The rout in bitcoin is part of a broader selloff in the cryptocurrency realm, with all of the top 10 by market cap falling, and most tumbling by at least 10 percent, according to Coinmarketcap.com.
—Joanna Ossinger, Bloomberg.com, 8 Jan. 2018
Noun
Russ also reflected on his time filming West Side Story before the musical's 1961 release, including fond memories of co-director Jerome Robbins' approach to adapting the star's tumbling skills for the project.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
This dual-chamber tumbling composter is easy to turn and closes securely to keep out pests.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2024
For one thing, both places were crawling with cats, turning a high-concept livestream from Marvel Entertainment into a chaotic scene of tumbling, jumping, eating, purring felines that just might have been extraterrestrials in disguise (a.k.a.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
My perfect morning goes something like this: Wake up, hit the gym, eat a well-balanced breakfast, and then log onto YouTube and immerse myself in the doomsday percussion and tumbling flows of DMV crank.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 19 Dec. 2023
Cultivars such as winter or pink jasmine grow in lush, robust shapes, with tumbling stems and blooms that emit a fresh perfume.
—Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
Ferrell Center will remain home to the school's national champion acrobatics & tumbling team, and the women's volleyball squad.
—Stephen Hawkins, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
With its stock price tumbling, SmileDirectClub was pressured to spend on acquiring customers to demonstrate its business could grow, said Eric Snyder, chairman of bankruptcy at the Wilk Auslander law firm.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
Some stocks may be attractively valued—but for good reason, such as tumbling profits, or declining or disrupted industries.
—Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 17 Dec. 2023
Adjective
In the last few weeks of 2022 alone, Giuliani generated one more tumbling wave of negative publicity.
—John Marks, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
The Senate majority leader represents the big-business wing of the Republican Party, and Wall Street, if the tumbling stock market is any indication, fears Trump’s protectionism will cause economic pain.
—Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2018
The rout in bitcoin is part of a broader selloff in the cryptocurrency realm, with all of the top 10 by market cap falling, and most tumbling by at least 10 percent, according to Coinmarketcap.com.
—Joanna Ossinger, Bloomberg.com, 8 Jan. 2018
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“Tumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumbling. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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