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verb

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Recent Examples of yo-yo
Noun
Michigan gas prices continue to yo-yo, falling more than a dime in the last week to a statewide average of $3.60 a gallon for regular unleaded, as motorists pay about $54 for a 15-gallon tank, as crude oil prices fall, according to AAA auto club. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2024
Verb
The price of gas is on a yo-yo string again, rising this week after dropping by double digits. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025 Wall Street has been in an erratic yo-yo pattern since Donald Trump announced, held off, implemented, augmented, and paused worldwide tariffs. Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yo-yo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yo
Noun
  • President Trump has repeatedly called Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell stupid, terrible, a fool, and referred to him as a person of average mentality.
    Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • That fool’s from my family’s hometown over there in Mexico.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • One of Wishman’s most Sapphic films is this gritty black-and-white sexploitation shocker about assassins who weasel their way into an apartment shared by two lesbians in order to kill a foreign dignitary.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Trying to weasel things by providing additional levels is abhorrent.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The neck of a young Egyptian goose pierced by an arrow.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
  • Walter Valle brought his goose named Gilbert Ryan Gosling.
    Molly Gibbs, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.
    Drew Broussard May 22, Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • When this was previously written, manager Dave Roberts waffled on the question of whether Kershaw was the greatest Dodger pitcher ever.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • Both members of the majority strength alliance were successful this episode: Kyle Fraser won a chicken and waffles reward and Joe Hunter won the coveted immunity necklace for the second time in a row.
    Emily DeLetter, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • At least his brand of evil maniac is kind of funny and endearing.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • The fact that death itself is the protagonist, rather than some mask-wearing homicidal maniac, is what gives these films their morbid allure.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.
    Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2017
  • Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn’t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel.
    Diana Kruzman, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017
Verb
  • But the humble protein powerhouse has never seemed to be able to shake the bad reputation.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 1 July 2025
  • The earth begins to shake as the animals, each one a small tank of muscle, thunder along the route at speeds of up to 20 miles an hour, scattering runners.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025

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“Yo-yo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yo-yo. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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