seesaw
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As major U.S. equity indexes continue to seesaw, this could represent an opportunity for anxious investors looking to pick up some portfolio protection on the cheap.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Recalling how Jang compared his work to riding a seesaw, where he held down one end, she says she sees it differently now.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“We need to tilt the seesaw towards labor and labor contributions to the economy, not towards capital contributions,” Khosla said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Ruby said company finances seesaw because coal is a “boom and bust” industry.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
But it took more time to get used to the seesaw intensity of the place.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
Ms. Dixon often seesaws between a work’s attractions and its repulsions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Bonds are like seesaws: When the price rises, the interest rate falls, and vice versa.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The show "seesaws between thrilling and annoying", according to USA Today's Kelly Lawler, while the Atlantic's Sophie Gilbert described most of it as "largely joyless and grim".
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
His performance as Seth Milchick in Season 2 of “Severance” showcases his range, as his character seesaws from a cheery to chilling middle manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
It had tennis courts, parking lots and a children’s section with swings and slide and sandbox and seesaws.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Healthcare employment seesawed, for instance, when a big strike temporarily put thousands of West Coast nurses and other medical workers off the job in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Japan's debts are more than twice the size of the entire economy, and in recent weeks yields on long-dated bonds have hit record highs while the yen has seesawed.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Meanwhile, Chewy’s stock seesawed to a decline of 0.3% in recent afternoon trading.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
At other times, the 26-year-old charged with murdering the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare seesawed between pain and numbness in his lower back and genital area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
The wheels of the buggy spun as the woman seesawed it onto the platform.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
A bit of seesawing is likely in the short term.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
Takaichi's economic policies, including a $135-billion stimulus package, have also worried investors, with bond yields rising and the yen seesawing.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
That has resulted in U.S. equity markets seesawing in recent days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
These last few weeks have seen yet more changeable weather with temperatures seesawing from freezing to balmy in a matter of days.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
I regretted the many times, over the course of our seesawing friendship, that I’d insisted she was making a wrong move, when possibly she’d been doing it right.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
