yo-yoing

verb

Definition of yo-yoingnext
present participle of yo-yo
as in waffling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yoing
  1. evading
  2. shaking
  3. eluding
  4. shunning
  5. eschewing
Verb
  • Rich had fled to Switzerland in 1983 after he was indicted on more than 50 counts of fraud and evading more than $48 million in taxes.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The pair really do go through the ringer, evading elephant stampedes, treacherous mountains, and ice cold snowy condidtions that look like Disney is setting up a cross over sequel with Frozen.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of evading
Verb
  • Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • His home office was full of pictures of him shaking hands with famous visitors, like the Canadian Prime Minister and the Queen of Jordan.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of shaking
Verb
  • Mahoney was charged with assault with intent to murder and fourth-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer.
    Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Prosecutors at one point also charged Diallo with eluding a police officer, recklessly endangering safety and bail jumping.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of eluding
Verb
  • Is Remaking Hollywood's Money Model By Maggie McGrath The first Black woman to direct a $100 million-grossing film is shunning the studios and their rules—and turning to philanthropists like Melinda French Gates.
    Matt Craig, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Image More broadly, water experts said that shunning tap water undermined trust in the public water system, which could have dangerous consequences.
    Jill Schweber, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of shunning
Verb
  • That part bothers me less than the idea than the apparent reality that values and interests have shifted; people seem to be eschewing the walkable neighborhood.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • These marketing efforts focus on community and co-creation, eschewing the time, money and lack of authenticity that have become synonymous with traditional content marketing.
    Drew Gerber, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of eschewing
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