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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For example, New York endured weather whiplash on July 18 as the city lurched from a heat wave and smoke pollution from Canadian wildfires to flash flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms that dumped a few inches of rain in a short period of time.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
There are vivid characters—the rich, distinguished crook Brandon, the platinum-blond secretary Miss Vermilyea; Javonen, ex-military intelligence, and seedy private eye from Kansas, Noble, who might have lurched out of an early Graham Greene story.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of lurched

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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

Definition of bobbed

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The rest of the fields rely on water pumped from underground, and that’s also getting squeezed as California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act kicks in.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
At the hospital, the doctor pumped Isul’s stomach and gave her fluids.

— Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Definition of pumped

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That said, the latest cuts are not expected to be as sweeping as those that rocked the company in 2023, when dozens of employees—including 20 on-air hosts and analysts (Suzy Kolber, Jeff Van Gundy, Jalen Rose, et al)—were let go.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026
While the rapper sported an Argentina jacket to show his support for the country’s national team during the final game that same day, Stormi rocked a Spain jersey.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Definition of rocked

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There was some pink smoke at the start of the match from pyrotechnics, but the air eventually cleared as the action heated up and players from both teams shook off the rust from the long layoff.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
After a while Bill came out, shook my hand and beckoned me over to his Capri to take me for my medical down near the docks.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of shook

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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

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