seesaw

Example Sentences

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All this during a rather seesaw start of the year for Netflix investors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The 23-year-old struck in the 85th minute of a seesaw Premier League struggle in northeast England.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

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

There was a simple wooden seesaw in the middle of the lot, and a dried-out coconut palm listed in the back.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm