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) my head is spinning
See flat spin
a bad spin
See on the spin
Anyway, Colin Powell would never have agreed to start the war to suit Labour spin doctors.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Clarisse had a way of telling you things with her own idiosyncratic twist, a sort of spin.Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
He begins every morning with a spin through his favourite Web sites.Globe and Mail (2003)
His tyres squealed and ripped up the bank as the vehicle went into a spin.Barbara Erskine HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
In recent weeks, the strip has seen Wagner's unique spin on the Highland Clearances.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Our truck would spin out on the wet earth, splattering gravel everywhere.Tada, Joni Eareckson Diamonds in the Dust
The California-based search engine likes to put a more positive spin on the phenomenon.Globe and Mail (2003)
The next time you pretend to be a movie executive, give this book a spin.Maxim (2004)
Then, on top of that, they started having a full cell spin - every cell in the block searched top to bottom.Parkes, Roger Riot
Suggested by Daved Wachsman (21 May 2013)
Suggested by Daved Wachsman (21 May 2013)
Suggested by Daved Wachsman (21 May 2013)
Suggested by Daved Wachsman (21 May 2013)
Suggested by Daved Wachsman (21 May 2013)
Suggested by Daved Wachsman (21 May 2013)
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'spin' definition based on an original suggestion by Daved Wachsman made on the 24 October 2012.
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