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pendulum

[pen-juh-luhm, pen-duh-] / ˈpɛn dʒə ləm, ˈpɛn də- /




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The pendulum is bound to swing the other way, despite the Stones’s insistence that there is “no turning back.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

On “An Eraser and a Maze,” which features a rotating cast of drummers, including touring percussionist Damon Cox and Janet Weiss of Quasi and Sleater-Kinney, the pendulum swings in the opposite direction.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

In that sense, things are moving in Visa’s favor, he said, “but Mastercard is faster growing, and the pendulum could swing back.”

From MarketWatch May 25, 2026

But Monnier at Citi Wealth argues that the pendulum is swinging back a bit as families realize that doing their own due diligence on a company is a lot of work.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

Danny let the pendulum fall and it spun and spun and spun.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Traditional clocks, from pendulums to atomic oscillators, depend on irreversible processes to track time.

From Science Daily Nov. 17, 2025

Recognizing this new reality, Boric called on those who won the election Sunday to “not make the same mistake we did … in believing that pendulums are permanent.”

From Seattle Times May 8, 2023

What he failed to mention is that the handshake would occur 60 feet off the ground as both actors hung on ropes like pendulums colliding.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2023

As snowboarders turn themselves into human pendulums in the halfpipe event at the Winter Olympics, they will be flying high and long.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2022

The room felt like a museum of random ordinary objects; the walls held glass cases boasting keys, pendulums, coins, oven mitts, ropes, even teakettles, and more.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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