pendulum
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“You’ve seen the pendulum swing like crazy,” Galipeau said, adding that the time to buy chip stocks was eight months ago.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
But the pendulum swung and we’re back to days of “Driving Miss Daisy” denial.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
The film purports to show how socioeconomic inequality is a result of “the cultural pendulum swinging too far towards revering things we consider ‘masculine,’ like individualism, power, and money,” according to the nonprofit’s website.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 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
His grandma’s precious clock, hanging over the mantelpiece, the pendulum swinging back and forth, back and forth, like it was getting on with its own, private life, not caring about Conor at all.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing pendulum
Unit 1: Telling Details
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