seesaw
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Rachel Heath said the train was "bumping up and down and then jostling from side to side like a seesaw", with everyone around her screaming.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Investors have a way of looking past geopolitical storms, as the seesaw performance on Wednesday shows following the latest U.S.-Iran clashes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
By early this year, the valuation gap between the two sides of the seesaw looked extreme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Ruby said company finances seesaw because coal is a “boom and bust” industry.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
In his relations with her he felt that he was riding a seesaw; never were they on a common level; either he or she was up in the air.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
The music seesaws brilliantly between Blanche’s dreaming arias, when time seems to stop, and her impoverished reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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
U.S. energy stocks have vaulted upward despite white-knuckle moments when oil prices seesawed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 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
Two of the evangelists, a man and a woman, held hands and seesawed from side to side like babies being rocked to sleep, singing and humming excerpts from some cryptic hymns.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
After seesawing results for almost 24 hours, Caruso conceded the race to Bass on Wednesday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 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
A pumped-up England dismissed Australia for 132 on another chaotic day at the fourth Ashes Test Saturday to leave themselves needing 175 to win a seesawing contest.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
Ambassador Rahel, unable to cope with seesawing changes in her life, had raveled herself like a sausage into the dirty airport curtain, and wouldn’t unravel.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
