pendulum

Party operatives want to build lasting power, he said, not become just another swing in the electoral pendulum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

“If you look at the bond market and the equity market of the last month or so, it’s clearly telling us that there’s a political pendulum shift that has happened for AI,” Hackett said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

After a few years in which mainstream culture at least made noises about retiring the worst excesses of early-aughts thinspo, the pendulum appears to be swinging back.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 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

I stepped out of the house, careful not to disturb my science project—the Foucault pendulum suspended from the porch roof.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

Many physical systems behave like tiny oscillating objects, similar to springs or pendulums.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

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

What he failed to mention is that the handshake would occur 60 feet off the ground as both actors hung on ropes like pendulums colliding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

Devices for measuring earthquakes go back at least to the early part of the 18th century, when pendulums were used to display ground motions.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2020

The room felt like a museum of random ordinary objects; the walls held glass cases boasting keys, pendulums, coins, oven mitts, ropes, even teakettles, and more.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton