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as in to sway
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship
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Recent Examples of seesaw
Bryan Mena, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
Polls show this year's race is exceedingly tight, with seesawing in key battleground states.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
On the right end of the seesaw are the youngest generations, in the middle are those who are age 45-60 (often called Gen X), and on the left are the boomers, the youngest of whom turned 60 this year.
—Sara Zeff Geber, Phd, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Meanwhile, stocks seesawed after the decision was announced.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
Polls show this year's race is exceedingly tight, with seesawing in key battleground states.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
Advertisement The sharp seesaw trading, during which the Nasdaq roared back from an earlier 1.4% slide, followed the government’s latest update on inflation at the consumer level.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
On the right end of the seesaw are the youngest generations, in the middle are those who are age 45-60 (often called Gen X), and on the left are the boomers, the youngest of whom turned 60 this year.
—Sara Zeff Geber, Phd, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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Manipulation tactics may sway hearts but not minds.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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After hearing testimony from experts, however, the judge wasn’t swayed.Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Once in place, researchers could visualize and observe which motor neurons lit up during what activities, such as bobbing the illicium to attract prey.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024
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Dylan is simply a force of nature, bobbing on the impenetrable currents of his personal muse.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The rubber shoes, which are about as polarizing as a shoe can get, have been having a recent fashion renaissance.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2024
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This will prevent lint from building up on the rubber material.Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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This year, Clarkson rocked a black suede coat with super-fluffy shearling trim at the lapels, cuffs, and hem, finishing the look with black boots and gleaming silver hoops.Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The New York Mets rocked the baseball world this week by signing outfielder Juan Soto .Matt Musico, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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You're pumped to learn from mistakes and bounce back stronger.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Milk is pumped through a series of thin plates at high speed to reach a minimum temperature of 161 F (71 C).Kerry E. Kaylegian, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
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For its part, the Premier League have replied with their own legal round-robin.Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
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With a 2-0 record in the round-robin play, Gauff moved to the top of the Orange table.Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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The crew called the lead flight attendant onboard, but within a few seconds, the airplane lurched.Alexandra Skores, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the end, UnitedHealth paid a bitcoin ransom worth some twenty-two million dollars, and the system lurched back online.Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot delves into a crime that shook the town of Channelview, Texas, in 1991.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Warner, however, was looking to shake things up and get Bogart out of being typecast as a gangster.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Seesaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seesaw. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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