pendulum

The recent run of luck and strong returns raises an important question, he said: “What happens when the inevitable pendulum swings back and even more expensive catastrophe activity returns?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2025

But pendulums swing and many workers are ready for a change.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 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

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