pendulum
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“The pendulum tends to swing towards whatever had felt absent in the last relationship,” said Devyn Simone Lock, a dating coach and matchmaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
“You’ve seen the pendulum swing like crazy,” Galipeau said, adding that the time to buy chip stocks was eight months ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
“In the end, I’m not looking for pendulum swings,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
It uses low-stretch climbing ropes that convert the fall into a horizontal, pendulum swing, while bungee jumping uses an elastic rubber cord that creates a vertical, bouncing effect.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The clock ticks with its pendulum, keeping time; my feet in their neat red shoes count the way down.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
The nanoscale sensors look like rows of bulbous pendulums, each comprising a double-stranded cord of DNA.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
But pendulums swing and many workers are ready for a change.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Dr. King has been studying elephants’ fear of bees since 2006 and applied what she learned to create specialized wire fences upon which beehives hang like pendulums.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 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
Dowsing with rods and pendulums seemed interesting, but only if she could learn to use one of the massive ones that were the size of the door.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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