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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
Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Average gas prices, after seesawing between $2 and $4 a gallon for more than a decade starting in 2005, peaked at $4.93 in 2022 and recently fell back to just over $3.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2025
Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Usually, these act like a seesaw, one rising while the other falls.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Average gas prices, after seesawing between $2 and $4 a gallon for more than a decade starting in 2005, peaked at $4.93 in 2022 and recently fell back to just over $3.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
To the 73 million Americans whose financial lives depend on the viability of Social Security, those first months were a seesaw of apprehension and rumor.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Usually, these act like a seesaw, one rising while the other falls.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seesaw
Verb
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But Trescothick admitted the fixture is unlikely to sway selection too drastically for the start of the Ashes.—
Michael Bailey,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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However, a petition is unlikely to sway the opinion of Iger and the brass at Disney.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The faceless head of a man bobbing in the water recalls the countless Africans who perished during the perilous journey due to disease, malnourishment, and abuse, whose bodies were thrown overboard by unscrupulous ship captains and slavers to schools of sharks.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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The view inside the Phoenix Convention Center, seen from a mezzanine, was a sea of bobbing caps.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The rubber outsole delivers great traction and flexibility, and the Ghillie lacing system uses loops instead of eyelets to better enhance the overall snugness and stability of the shoe once it's tied.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Landscape cloth, black plastic, rocks, or shredded rubber are inorganic mulches.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The chair even rocks back and forth and swivels 360 degrees as well.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Nov. 2025
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Figure skaters rocking the rink this year will include Olympians Jeremy Abbott, Nathan Chen, Keegan Messing, Mariah Bell, Polina Edmunds and Sinead Kerr Marshall with partner John Kerr, alongside viral sensation Elladj Baldé and Maxim Naumov.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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To this day, as much fun as Johnson has with his offensive artistry, little gets his blood pumping like bringing a mauling running game to life.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With one player seeking to build on an impressive comeback and the other entering their farewell year, Switzerland’s United Cup team has taken the competition by storm in the early stages of the round-robin.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The division had a round-robin format without a championship game.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This can result in a kind of emotional whiplash, with the tone of the videos lurching between joy and devastation.—
Lindsay Lowe,
Parents,
8 Nov. 2025
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Perry’s films can lurch from romance to madcap Madea comedy to skeletons-in-the-closet family drama and back…all in the space of 20 minutes.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Light shaking was detected, and people in several cities - including Hercules, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Fremont - reported feeling the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Trim the dead parts, shake the soil off, and store them in a cool, dark location where they are protected from the cold.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Seesaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seesaw. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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