swinging
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The change has been most significant in England, where the ball is swinging 63% more at the death.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
That is especially the case if profitability is challenged, for example because it is harder to make markets when prices are swinging wildly, or if fewer clients want to trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
They are exceedingly disciplined, to the point they sometimes appear allergic to the very concept of swinging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Related: ‘I feel like a loser’: My stock portfolio is swinging wildly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
My cage was swinging back and forth so much, I was getting airsick.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
In a considerable shock the successive diminishing swingings amount to dozens before they become so slight as to elude perception.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
But she began to swing heavily, with deep, slow swingings.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
He peeped in, and between the swingings caught glimpses of little blue and yellow flowers arranged in tight bunches in hanging vases.
From The Little House in the Fairy Wood by Ethel Cook Eliot
There are stationary swingings, as well as swingings of the kind to which I just alluded.
From Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. by Dr. John Scudder
But all oscillations are equalized by swingings to the other side.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Elbert Hubbard
Eventually, everybody hails her as the swingingest, dingdongest member of the jet set along with Bobbsie-Ann Boggsen and Minni Ogden Foote.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifteen rowdy and tender numbers played by one of the swingingest bands of all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, after four years' touring with a small combo, Basie collected a new 16-piece ensemble in 1952, and within a year it was fully established as the swingingest band in the land.
From Time Magazine Archive
Occasionally, a happy song acquires a little reverse teen feel: My name is Oliver Cool I'm the most swingingest boy in school, but the most trustworthy bets are exploration of the lower reaches of emotions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The answer is partly that blues are big these days, partly that Johnny Winter is the swingingest, funkiest new white blues singer to come out of the South in years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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