Thesaurus results for SEESAWED

seesawed

verb

past tense of seesaw

as in lurched

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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as in bobbed

to make short up-and-down movements the price of the stock has been seesawing all week

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Recent Examples of seesawed Oil prices and global stocks seesawed Monday as fighting in Iran kept the Strait of Hormuz closed, sending Brent crude above $112 a barrel before retreating on signs that a wider military strike might pause. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 Gas prices have seesawed in recent days, following news of a fragile ceasefire on April 8. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, oil prices seesawed during the early part of Monday's trading session. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026 Oil prices seesawed overnight on fears that Iran will attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, even after an agreement Wednesday among nations to release a significant amount of petroleum reserves. — The Hill Staff, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2026 In Miramar, Florida, Philip Myers, a Marine veteran, relied solely on his FreeStyle Libre, until the readings seesawed from the 50s to over 200 one evening in June. — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026 The way outflow mechanisms seesawed for this black hole suggests a natural mechanism of self-regulation, and that jets and winds compete for the same matter. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2026 But the policy soon seesawed again. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 The attorney general's power has seesawed in recent years. — Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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Adams’ shoulders lurched on the bench, while Richards fell to his knees, dug his afro into the grass, and closed his eyes in pain.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Initial data indicates both of these earthquakes were strike-slip, Magnani said, meaning one plate lurched past the other along the boundary.

— Evan Bush, NBC news, 25 June 2026

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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.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
The enthusiasm was apparent as the catamaran bobbed around the future site of Pier Wind, which recently received a $20-million grant from the California Energy Commission.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026

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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.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Would offering Gonzalez have swayed Milwaukee’s decision, sending Antetokounmpo to Boston and thus preventing the Jaylen Brown-for-Paul George stunner that followed?

— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026

Definition of swayed

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The aorta is the largest blood vessel in body and the first place blood travels through as it’s pumped from the heart to other parts of the body.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
After a judge approved the agreement during a short hearing in Little Rock District Court, Olivia Thompson turned to the audience and pumped her fist in the air.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2026

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The deaths of three people in a boat crash on Lake Pepin over the weekend have rocked the small town situated in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi River.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Screen quality is often where budget laptops stumble, but Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Plus bucks the trend to deliver a stellar OLED display that rocked our world.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026

Definition of rocked

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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

Definition of jerked

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