Thesaurus results for SEESAWING

seesawing

verb

present participle of seesaw

as in swaying

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 bobbing

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

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Recent Examples of seesawing Armchair investors have endured several stomach-churning days in March, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones averages seesawing in response to the Iran war, surging gas prices and inflation fears. —

Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 The back-and-forth sent oil prices and stock markets seesawing. —

Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026 The seesawing decisions by Jones Dickson came during a hearing Monday, when Tran’s trial was expected to get underway with his case being assigned a trial judge. —

Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026 Jim Cramer warns investors to stay the path and avoid seesawing between the wrong narratives about the Federal Reserve needing to lower interest rates to avoid a recession. —

Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025

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Antifa mobilizes in support of comrades on trial Ahead of jury deliberations, supporters of the defendants staged a protest on Wednesday afternoon outside the courthouse, with the apparent purpose of swaying the jury’s decision.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Deputies said Thorpe had bloodshot eyes, was swaying and unsteady, and had a fruity odor on her breath, according to the report.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026