seesaw
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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
Over the past month or so, daily action, particularly in the U.S., has started to resemble a seesaw.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
But two external shifts further tipped the seesaw.
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
He would feel as if it was no longer possible to keep balance anymore, as hopeless as if he was trying to ride a seesaw by himself.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Bonds are like seesaws: When the price rises, the interest rate falls, and vice versa.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
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
It had tennis courts, parking lots and a children’s section with swings and slide and sandbox and seesaws.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Gold prices hit a three-month low of $3,990 in late June, and have since seesawed with Middle East peace talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
The yearly rate of inflation has shown a similar seesawing pattern.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
After seesawing results for almost 24 hours, Caruso conceded the race to Bass on Wednesday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
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
In the seesawing tedium of daily traffic, slow and fast, the e-motor silently and seamlessly supports the big V8 in those few hundred milliseconds it takes to spool up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Then we were scrambling to the hatch and sprinting down and down the endless seesawing staircase, hopeless that we could reach the cage before it sank but hysterical to try to anyway.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
