seesaw

Example Sentences

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“Right now, there’s just this very delicate seesaw sitting and neither side is really rising to the top,” said Shari Hensrud, chief investment officer at MissionSquare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

All this during a rather seesaw start of the year for Netflix investors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Now the seesaw is going in the other direction.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

To the 73 million Americans whose financial lives depend on the viability of Social Security, those first months were a seesaw of apprehension and rumor.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

Like a seesaw, the triangle of the roof keeps it balanced, straight.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes