pendulum
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The effect is reminiscent of an observation made by Christiaan Huygens in 1665 involving two pendulum clocks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
After a few years in which mainstream culture at least made noises about retiring the worst excesses of early-aughts thinspo, the pendulum appears to be swinging back.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
"I like the pendulum to swing. Whether it's extreme joy or extreme pain, I like to feel the experience of life."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Health and wellness influencers have swung the pendulum in the other direction, but that is not the answer either.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
I wanted Dad’s whistling, and the scratching sound of his red pen, and the pendulum swinging in his closet, and him tying his shoelaces.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
This process resembles several pendulums gradually swinging together at the same frequency.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 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
Using tarot, scrying, pendulums, runes and other forms of intuitive counseling, Amanda Yates Garcia, known as the Oracle of L.A., offers clarity through elemental divination sessions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
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
Then Mrs. de Roo got out her Metro Gnome: Metro Gnomes’re upside-down pendulums without the clock part.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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