seesaw

The past few days of Pike’s life were marked by a seesaw of court decisions as her lawyers tried every angle to save her life.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

She ultimately took a later flight, but that didn’t put a stop to their emotional seesaw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

Investors have a way of looking past geopolitical storms, as the seesaw performance on Wednesday shows following the latest U.S.-Iran clashes.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

There was no swing, no seesaw, no sand pit, and no other children were ever invited to come up the hill to play with poor James.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

Bonds are like seesaws: When the price rises, the interest rate falls, and vice versa.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

The music seesaws brilliantly between Blanche’s dreaming arias, when time seems to stop, and her impoverished reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

During recess the boys would divide in two groups, chasing each other wildly around the swings and seesaws, Redcoats against the colonies.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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 battle seesawed until a sudden counterattack knocked Wayna Qhapaq out of his litter—a humiliation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The yearly rate of inflation has shown a similar seesawing pattern.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

After months of seesawing growth and contraction, the US job market posted strong gains in the last three months -- but Thursday's data revised some of those numbers down.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

After seesawing results for almost 24 hours, Caruso conceded the race to Bass on Wednesday night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

For farmers, the seesawing prices have presented a double whammy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Then we were scrambling to the hatch and sprinting down and down the endless seesawing staircase, hopeless that we could reach the cage before it sank but hysterical to try to anyway.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs