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The other is that the stock market has so many reasons to vacillate just now that tariff announcements may not matter very much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

His leadership skills were lackluster, he was not a charismatic or inspiring speaker, he tended to vacillate in decision-making and he struggled to retain the best staffers.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022

We are a nation traumatized into forgetting, psyches so pulverized by mass death that we vacillate wildly between rage and numbness—waiting until the cycle begins again, so frequent it masquerades as normalcy.

From Slate ● May 25, 2022

The film embraces the idea that identity is dynamic and can vacillate wildly over time.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

I did not dwell on the situation at Fort Hare, but life has a way of forcing decisions on those who vacillate.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

It is closer to music than epic, a mesmerizing suite of songs that conveys Tennyson’s private sorrow as he vacillates from unbearable agony to precarious hope.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Peake’s staid and knowing portrayal stands in contrast and complement to that of Petticrew, whose resolute manner vacillates between a flinty swagger and true anguish.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

She vacillates between optimism and despair over Iran’s future.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023

“He vacillates between being very intense and focused about his work and just really silly and fun,” Diarra Kilpatrick, who plays Paul’s wife, Clara, said in a video interview.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

For the hero of Promethidenlos vacillates between poetry and sculpture, but is able to give himself freely to neither art because of his overwhelming sense of social injustice and human suffering.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Gerhart Hauptmann

The president’s tone toward the court has vacillated since then.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Instead, I vacillated between forgetting all about cancer some days and feeling like death was imminent others, and it was hard to predict what would prompt either extreme.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

His children, Kelly and Jack, vacillated between showering him with affection and berating him for not catering to their whims.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025

When Feinstein later vacillated over whether to fire the police chief, any early goodwill she enjoyed as mayor evaporated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

My love for him vacillated from one entry to another.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

And throughout her reign, Madonna has lived her inconsistencies, vacillating between opinions and social, spiritual and artistic beliefs of all kinds.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

They pose the theory that the stock market is vacillating between thematic momentum and macro conditions.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

Whereas “The Homecoming” was noted for its claustrophobic machismo, here it’s the women who dominate the proceedings, vacillating between sisterly tenderness and bitter recriminations.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

Not surprisingly, being the center of such wildly vacillating public opinion took its toll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

Aliya’s face is flustered, vacillating between concern and disbelief.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali