seesaw
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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
That was enough to swing the seesaw back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Ruby said company finances seesaw because coal is a “boom and bust” industry.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
All this during a rather seesaw start of the year for Netflix investors.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
He veered across an asphalt playground, vaulted over a seesaw, and dodged through a swing set.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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
Bonds are like seesaws: The yield falls when the price rises.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 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
Of course, trebuchets differed from seesaws in a few ways.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
He hated to see the swings, slides, monkey bars, and seesaws empty and tried to get kids to stick around as long as possible.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Gold prices hit a three-month low of $3,990 in late June, and have since seesawed with Middle East peace talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
They seesawed the stake back and forth to loosen the dirt until they could pull it free.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
After seesawing results for almost 24 hours, Caruso conceded the race to Bass on Wednesday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Humana’s stock has slumped this year, seesawing on news of how much the government plans to pay insurers that operate Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
A bit of seesawing is likely in the short term.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
In the seesawing tedium of daily traffic, slow and fast, the e-motor silently and seamlessly supports the big V8 in those few hundred milliseconds it takes to spool up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
We were still the same seesawing, yin-and-yang duo we’d been for twenty years now and still connected by a visceral and grounding love.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
