pendulum

One thing that is both a blessing and a curse of the era we’re in is that there’s a pendulum that swings, a dialectic that takes place.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

"I like the pendulum to swing. Whether it's extreme joy or extreme pain, I like to feel the experience of life."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

They can be compared with a pendulum, whose position and momentum change continuously.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

“The pendulum swung the other way to budget versus talent, and there’s a middle ground to be found where you can still have the talent and the budget.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Only a clock will do: indeed, only a pendulum clock, since earlier clocks were constantly in need of adjustment.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

This process resembles several pendulums gradually swinging together at the same frequency.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2025

Recognizing this new reality, Boric called on those who won the election Sunday to “not make the same mistake we did … in believing that pendulums are permanent.”

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023

Using tarot, scrying, pendulums, runes and other forms of intuitive counseling, Amanda Yates Garcia, known as the Oracle of L.A., offers clarity through elemental divination sessions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2022

As snowboarders turn themselves into human pendulums in the halfpipe event at the Winter Olympics, they will be flying high and long.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022

And I am sure that, as all pendulums reverse their swing, so eventually will the swollen cities rupture like dehiscent wombs and disperse their children back to the countryside.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck