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teeter-totter





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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

India does both: Her haphazard approach to birth control never dims her determination to work as an actor, and her observations teeter-totter between insouciance and profundity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

Our motorboat broke down here, too, and so we waited two days for our own repairs, watching boys on the beach using a broken plank as a teeter-totter.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 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

I tap one end of the candy bar, making it teeter-totter on my knee.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher




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