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seesaw

[see-saw] / ˈsiˌsɔ /
VERB
move back and forth
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It’s another Monday and another chance for markets to seesaw based on the latest in negotiations to end the Iran war.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

“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

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

Once, as a child, he had slid too quickly off his end of a seesaw.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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