yo-yo
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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
And no one's ever called that Mario Kart or yo-yo racing or whatever the terminology is.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 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
At one point, I remember, Mitchell Sanders turned and looked at me, not quite nodding, as if to warn me about something, and then after a while he rolled up his yo-yo and moved away.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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
After the November 1932 elections, with a significant fall in the Nazi vote, members started to drift away and at Christmas shoppers seemed more interested in the new craze for yo-yos than in political change.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2020
If yo-yos are hot, Mattel Inc. can’t turn on a dime and make yo-yos, he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2018
He yo-yos between the kitchen and his bedroom, and that's about it.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
In the years that the club yo-yoed between the Premier League and Championship, with two relegations from the top flight in three years between 2023 and 2025, the club lost more than £180m.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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
When both were inconsistently available last season, it yo-yoed teammates between roles with often very different responsibilities — a third option now asked to be a No. 1, a reserve suddenly elevated to starter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
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
The early laps of the race may well feature yet another yo-yoing battle between the Mercedes and Ferrari drivers, as has marked out the early stages of both races so far this season.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
But worries eased and stock indexes recovered—with investors appearing more than happy to take the latest yo-yoing update on trade in stride, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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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