pendulum
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They can be compared with a pendulum, whose position and momentum change continuously.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Health and wellness influencers have swung the pendulum in the other direction, but that is not the answer either.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
“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
But the pendulum swung and we’re back to days of “Driving Miss Daisy” denial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Increase the swing of the pendulum, increase, increase, come up and bear against that point of furthest balance-increase-increase- "Heave!"
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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
The shop was round, its walls covered in a plethora of weights and pendulums and cogs and gears, all trimmed in buttered brass.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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