seesaw
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She ultimately took a later flight, but that didn’t put a stop to their emotional seesaw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
As major U.S. equity indexes continue to seesaw, this could represent an opportunity for anxious investors looking to pick up some portfolio protection on the cheap.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Recalling how Jang compared his work to riding a seesaw, where he held down one end, she says she sees it differently now.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ruby said company finances seesaw because coal is a “boom and bust” industry.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
He felt the delicate change of balance as when a seesaw moves.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
At the bottom, few public playgrounds these days feature seesaws or monkey bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Bonds are like seesaws: The yield falls when the price rises.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025
His performance as Seth Milchick in Season 2 of “Severance” showcases his range, as his character seesaws from a cheery to chilling middle manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
Of course, trebuchets differed from seesaws in a few ways.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
He hated to see the swings, slides, monkey bars, and seesaws empty and tried to get kids to stick around as long as possible.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Investors in recent weeks have seesawed between concerns that the AI trade has run its course and fears the technology could disrupt industries ranging from software to financial data to trucking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Japan's debts are more than twice the size of the entire economy, and in recent weeks yields on long-dated bonds have hit record highs while the yen has seesawed.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Meanwhile, Chewy’s stock seesawed to a decline of 0.3% in recent afternoon trading.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
At other times, the 26-year-old charged with murdering the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare seesawed between pain and numbness in his lower back and genital area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
The battles seesawed back and forth, favoring first one side then the other, while neither side achieved a decisive victory and the casualties mounted.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
In the meantime, the legal seesawing has sown uncertainty over the pill that the US Food and Drug Administration approved more than a quarter-century ago.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
A deleted tweet by the energy secretary sent oil markets seesawing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
A bit of seesawing is likely in the short term.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
They have looked on the tempests of war, economic turmoil, civil unrest and seesawing politics and remained, as Shakespeare said, an ever-fixed mark, adapting to atmospheric shifts but essentially unchanged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
I regretted the many times, over the course of our seesawing friendship, that I’d insisted she was making a wrong move, when possibly she’d been doing it right.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
