yoyo

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In 2010, her 20-odd year relationship with Sean Penn ended: divorce followed after a yoyo period of separation and reconciliation, which she has previously attributed to their attempts to keep their family intact.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2017

The playful subjects include the invention of the yoyo, the arrival of 3-D movies and the introduction of Pac-Man.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2012

She coils it around her waist, climbs out the window and falls, twirling like a runaway yoyo, till she lands seven stories below.

From Time Magazine Archive

For much of the evening Nixon was obsessed with trying to work a yoyo up on the stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kids started giving them knots — sneaker laces, yoyo strings, toys — and saying, “Ask Maniac to undo this, will ya?”

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli