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seesaw

[see-saw] / ˈsiˌsɔ /
VERB
move back and forth
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All this during a rather seesaw start of the year for Netflix investors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Goals from Faisal Bangal, Geny Catamo and Diogo Calila won a seesaw struggle for the Mozambicans, who led 2-1 at half-time.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

They are integral parts of a dynamic structural system—their weight of stone pushing the walls outward while the flying buttresses outside push them inward—the two forces exactly matching, like a perfectly balanced seesaw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

On the other side of that seesaw expectantly sits his daughter’s faith in him.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

Hardly a pas de deux, there was a seesaw of results: wins for Bobby...draws...wins for Reshevsky.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady