teeter-totter
Example Sentences
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As Micron gets ready to ramp its next-generation high-bandwidth-memory technology, known as HBM4, Hosseini said investors could be due for “a teeter-totter quarter” when the company reports results on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
It was never magic that kept the teeter-totter of my youth dangling in midair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
Now, as we teeter-totter between cool mornings and warm afternoons, it's time to revitalize our kitchen pantries with an assemblage of earthy and spicy aromas.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2021
For the earthquake two-parter in Season 2, the “9-1-1” team recreated a W Hotel suite on the studio lot, loaded it onto a giant teeter-totter and tilted it to a 30-degree angle.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2021
He collapsed as hard as if Claudia had suddenly jumped off the down end of a teeter-totter while he was still sitting on the up end.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
