pendulum

But the risk has always been that the pendulum would swing too far, that wariness of foreign entanglements would lead America to abandon its global role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

But the pendulum swung and we’re back to days of “Driving Miss Daisy” denial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

It uses low-stretch climbing ropes that convert the fall into a horizontal, pendulum swing, while bungee jumping uses an elastic rubber cord that creates a vertical, bouncing effect.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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

He would spend the nights walking around the room thinking aloud, searching for a way to apply the principles of the pendulum to oxcarts, to harrows, to everything that was useful when put into motion.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Many physical systems behave like tiny oscillating objects, similar to springs or pendulums.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

But pendulums swing and many workers are ready for a change.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 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

It incorporated weights, counterweights, pendulums, shafts, and torsion wires.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson