teeter-totter
Example Sentences
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A teeter-totter of freedom and dependence, junior year is a step into adulthood that somehow requires more parental focus than kindergarten.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023
The Mets had not lost a series all season, but that streak sailed when the Seattle Mariners closed out a teeter-totter affair Sunday.
From New York Times • May 15, 2022
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
Kathleen Gerson, a sociology professor at New York University who began researching work-life integration around the same time as Friedman, agrees that a work-life convergence is healthier than trying to stabilize a precarious teeter-totter.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2020
I tap one end of the candy bar, making it teeter-totter on my knee.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
