swinging
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The index, which trades under the ticker symbol “SOX,” saw choppy trading action in Friday’s session, falling as much as 5.7% before briefly swinging into positive territory.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Rowsell sings the latter high above the audience, swinging her legs from a podium at the back of the stage, external, framed by a giant glittery star.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
However, traders remain edgy and tech firms once again saw big moves Monday, with Seoul swinging from a near two percent gain to a more than two percent loss.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Fifty years and thousands of runs later, six of the original players still take to the diamond nearly every Sunday, swinging for the fences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Arms flung about each other, they enter the saloon through its double swinging doors.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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 Eliot, Ethel Cook
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 Scudder, Dr. John
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 Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
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 Hubbard, Elbert
But she began to swing heavily, with deep, slow swingings.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
Basie collected a new full-size outfit 16 months ago, bounced back with a reputation as the swingingest band in the land.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifteen rowdy and tender numbers played by one of the swingingest bands of all.
From Time Magazine Archive
These days one of the swingingest places in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott is the Chinese cultural mission, which features French movies instead of propaganda films.
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
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
