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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
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
The clearest example of the two companies’ seesawing outlooks is in performance running.
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Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
The car gets stuck on top of the fence, balancing precariously like a seesaw.
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The Editors,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Verb
In order to keep the lightweight watercraft from heeling over completely, crew members frantically scurry back and forth onto planks that are suspended out above the water on each side, rising and falling like seasick seesaws.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
The clearest example of the two companies’ seesawing outlooks is in performance running.
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Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
The seesaw has more regularly been occupied by an array of tech and business groups, local venture capitalists and AI firms, hospitals and schools, and consumer protection and progressive groups.
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Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
The car gets stuck on top of the fence, balancing precariously like a seesaw.
—
The Editors,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seesaw
Verb
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Some gold ETFs directly invest in bullion kept in vaults, while others invest in shares of mining companies that tend to follow the price of gold while also being swayed by the companies' management decisions, efficiency and financials.
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Socially aware quasi-outsider Dustin (Zac Looker) will take a second longer to sway.
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Wooden boats bobbed in long rows, their names and registration numbers hand-painted on the hulls, as men in neon vests unloaded catch and frigate birds swooped down to pick at the scraps.
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Fascinators — those bobbing bundles often of feathers, flowers and netting perched off-center of the wearer’s head — are banned here.
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The lightweight frames have rubber temple grips and adjustable nose pads.
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Next, the instructor tries luring the child back into the pool with a sparkly pink rubber duck, which does the trick.
Verb
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Foreign rescue teams — including three from the United States — were racing against time in the aftermath of twin earthquakes that rocked Venezuela's northern coast as the death toll from the disaster increased, officials said.
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Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie, who has spent many years shepherding her father’s musical legacy, was rocking a cowbell and getting into the spirit.
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The Willy Chavarria show was air-conditioned, pumped with Xinú perfume and felt expensive.
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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.
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To accommodate the 15-team format but not place a burden on the teams heading soon after to the NCAA Tournament, the league trimmed its regular-season schedule from 20 matches to a true round-robin of 17.
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The early-season tournament will see the Yellow Jackets face Cincinnati, Illinois and Tennessee in a round-robin format.
Verb
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Once, somewhere in southern Virginia, Dad performed the customary lurch off the highway in the direction of a promising barbecue counter.
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The same boom-and-bust dependency on the oil industry, whose profits were now funnelled through the regime and its allies, kept the country lurching from one crisis to the next.
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Hernández said Rossi Ydrogo had just called his brother in Caracas 20 minutes before the earth started to shake.
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In Venezuela, rescue teams have been racing against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira last Wednesday.
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“Seesaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seesaw. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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