pendulum
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Academics I spoke with all emphasized that the state of A.I. detection is much better today than it was in 2023 but cautioned against letting the narrative pendulum swing too far in the other direction.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
"What was unusual was the near absence of engagement during Hasina's tenure. The pendulum had swung too far in one direction; now it risks swinging too far in the other."
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
We can think of climate change as a pendulum: as it intensifies, it swings from one extreme to another, hot and cold and dry and wet.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
But eventually the current wave loses its potency, the pendulum swings to the next outsiders, and the vicious circle folds into itself like an Escher painting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 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
Vocabulary lists containing pendulum
Unit 1: Telling Details
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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