yo-yo
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The flip side is the energy starvation has led to some interesting battles, known as "yo-yo racing", with cars swapping positions repeatedly over a number of laps.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Repeated weight loss followed by weight regain, often called "yo-yo dieting" or weight cycling, has long been viewed as unhealthy and potentially even worse than staying overweight.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026
They use a "flywheel exercise device," similar to a yo-yo, that can allow for aerobics like rowing as well as provide resistance to perform moves like weighted squats and deadlifts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
Wild swings in individual stocks and assets still managed to bleed into the major U.S. equity indexes, with all three snapping back and forth like a yo-yo.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
There was a door at the back of the plane, and when he turned off the engine mechanism in the yo-yo, he was close enough to reach out for the handle.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
Duncan Toys has been producing yo-yos, flying discs and model gliders in China, and Washington's escalating tariffs with Beijing last year similarly forced him to pause imports.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
But the business slowly expanded and by 1986 Christian and Sylviane's company, CSP Diffusion, opened its first factory in our hometown, Oyonnax, making various plastic items such as hairbands, combs and even yo-yos.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2022
As the weather yo-yos between wintry flurries, springlike showers and summery warmth, alfresco dining can feel like a roll of the dice.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2022
He began whipping fireballs around like yo-yos, but one of them got away from him.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2018
Pinmei looked at the door and windows and could see only the lit torches, balls of fire rolling and spinning madly around the house like toy yo-yos.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
It would be their second relegation in as many seasons and third in four years, having previously yo-yoed between the Premier League and Championship.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Since then, the impressive abode has bounced on and off the market multiple times, as the Baldwins have yo-yoed on their decision to sell it.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
Cryptocurrencies have yo-yoed this week but were down again Friday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Treasury yields yo-yoed in the bond market following the report but later rose modestly.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
Gregor and Boots shot up fifty feet in the air and yo-yoed up and down like they were on a big rubber band.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
Earnings releases from Alphabet and Tesla on Wednesday could give clearer direction to yo-yoing tech stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Oprah Winfrey says she uses GLP-1 as a tool, along with exercise and healthy eating, to stop herself "yo-yoing" with her weight.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
After sinking from Wednesday night into Thursday, they jumped immediately after the report’s release but then began yo-yoing.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
CONGRESS, Ariz. — The hands are in constant motion, yo-yoing the wheel left, right, left in small corrections and full turns.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
And amidst the yo-yoing of the whole four, the chaise stopped.
From The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
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