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rollercoaster

NOUN

sudden extreme changeableness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

Sturm und Drang turbulence upheaval

STRONG

commotion convulsion fracas tizzy tumult uproar

WEAK

ruckus swivet

Example Sentences

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The result has been a rollercoaster of price movements on energy markets, with some of the world's biggest oil and gas companies benefiting.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

"The lesson of yet another global energy shock is that the UK needs to get off the fossil fuel rollercoaster and onto clean homegrown power that we control," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Hoping to upstage Ryder Cup team-mates McIlroy and Rose, Lowry will enter the final round just two back after a rollercoaster 68 that featured a glorious hole-in-one at the sixth.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The North Yorkshire theme park opened near Ripon in 1969 and was once home to the longest rollercoaster in the world, the Ultimate, which held the title between 1991 and 2000.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

And so before it’s too late I want to get it down for good: this rollercoaster ride of a single gene through time.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides