Examples of teeter-totter in a Sentence
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On the teeter-totter of benefits, the wealthiest families will enjoy an average of $12,000 in tax savings, while the poorest people will have to pay an additional $1,600 a year, on average, mainly due to reductions in Medicaid and food aid.
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Andrew J. Campa
follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
The world's biggest gavel, rocking chair and teeter-totter in Clark County is a better fit with Southern Indiana's grain silos than the world’s tallest buildings in Chicago.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
If legal documents were signed, the kids were all out back on the teeter-totter or something.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Glow swings and glow teeter-totters were added to the glow play area, along with an enchanted trail featuring an interactive sound-and-light wall.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2024
The Colts are on a teeter-totter weekly — all eight of their games have been decided by six points or fewer.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Torres, meanwhile, didn’t appear to worry about Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s impending arrival shortly after the teeter-totter affair.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
However, as the nation’s politics polarized, California became one of those places that people on the other side of the political teeter-totter loved to hate.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
Downtown seems perched as if on a teeter-totter, between recovery and failure.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
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Andrew J. Campa
follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
The world's biggest gavel, rocking chair and teeter-totter in Clark County is a better fit with Southern Indiana's grain silos than the world’s tallest buildings in Chicago.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
If legal documents were signed, the kids were all out back on the teeter-totter or something.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Glow swings and glow teeter-totters were added to the glow play area, along with an enchanted trail featuring an interactive sound-and-light wall.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2024
The Colts are on a teeter-totter weekly — all eight of their games have been decided by six points or fewer.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Torres, meanwhile, didn’t appear to worry about Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s impending arrival shortly after the teeter-totter affair.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
However, as the nation’s politics polarized, California became one of those places that people on the other side of the political teeter-totter loved to hate.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
Downtown seems perched as if on a teeter-totter, between recovery and failure.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
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“Teeter-totter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter-totter. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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