push and pull

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This push and pull between the two frame Eggers’ novel across the six decades of his narrative.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

If it was all trouble and strife, depression and anxiety, push and pull, cooking and cleaning, loneliness and isolation, you would never stay in this relationship.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

“Over the more medium, long term, you do need to have some mechanisms, some levers, to push and pull that will allow more supply to come into the system,” he says.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

The prices of its contracts reflect the likelihood of future events, as determined by the push and pull of traders betting on various outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Simple melodies are passed back and forth between the violins in playful repetition, rather like the push and pull of a pendulum.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall