seesaw
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On markets: The market is behaving like a seesaw, with AI stocks on one side and everything else on the other, writes Joseph Adinolfi.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
Rachel Heath said the train was "bumping up and down and then jostling from side to side like a seesaw", with everyone around her screaming.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He veered across an asphalt playground, vaulted over a seesaw, and dodged through a swing set.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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Also in Weekend Reads: How to change your approach as the stock-market seesaws, some good news for home buyers, and advice from The Moneyist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Bonds are like seesaws: When the price rises, the yield or interest rate falls, and vice versa.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
Out of the corner of one eye I saw Samuel sitting on the seesaws.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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U.S. energy stocks have vaulted upward despite white-knuckle moments when oil prices seesawed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 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
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The yearly rate of inflation has shown a similar seesawing pattern.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The seesawing shift in ocean temperatures and winds forms across the tropical Pacific Ocean but can influence drought, floods, and other extremes thousands of miles away.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
After seesawing results for almost 24 hours, Caruso conceded the race to Bass on Wednesday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 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
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
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