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

To the 73 million Americans whose financial lives depend on the viability of Social Security, those first months were a seesaw of apprehension and rumor.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

He veered across an asphalt playground, vaulted over a seesaw, and dodged through a swing set.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers