Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yoed
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Dietary recommendations have waffled over time.—
Tania Fabo,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Paterno waffled before deciding to stay in State College.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum initially believed that the bug, which eluded detection and caused countless medical issues, wormed its way into her system while filming Bravo's The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip in Morocco in early 2023.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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But the winter caves had always eluded me.—
Stephanie Pearson,
Outside,
19 Feb. 2026
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Canadians shunned American products in response to new tariffs.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2026
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The festival is now a central tenet of Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion that was once shunned in favor of Catholicism, but that is now gaining recognition.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The series reveals how the Russian government evaded facts and truth.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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Surprisingly, among the more than 1,000 recipes published in the past 25 years of columns and cookbooks, a true, crisp and delicious almond cookie recipe had evaded me until now.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Knight shook her head and reiterated that this was indeed her final Olympic game.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Their deaths shook this state and the nation.—
Kenety S. Gee,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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Some, like Baker, hedged their bets a little after being asked by The Bee if Sacramento was Giants or A’s country.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Even so, the Moonies—and the Moon family businesses—have long hedged their bets.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The traditional eyeliner was eschewed—a chunky black kajal swiped across the lid on one eye, then on the lower lash line on the other.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2026
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Meta was one of the major Big Tech firms that went big on open-sourcing with its Llama model in early 2023, though most US giants have largely eschewed that approach in order to protect their intellectual property.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Orange Lutheran reexamined the paperwork, found it had been fudged, self-reported its findings to the CIF-SS office and now is 2-6 overall going into Friday’s game against Santa Margarita.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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Local police department statistics show violent crime in Washington has declined in recent years, but Trump has countered, without offering evidence, that the numbers were fudged.—
Darlene Superville,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Yo-yoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yo-yoed. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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