yo-yoed

past tense of yo-yo

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yoed
Verb
  • But state lawmakers, facing their own deficit, have waffled over continuing the initiative.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • DeJean eluded another Chiefs lineman and broke a tackle to reach the end zone.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • First predicted in 1938, the phenomenon had eluded direct observation for more than 90 years – until now.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Where Welch embraced the spotlight, Chouinard shunned attention.
    Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Record attack drone launches are designed to overwhelm Kyiv’s defenses, and the deaths of children in the city (another infant was killed in an apartment building alongside her mother Sunday) are the one thing Trump seems to feel acutely – bar being complimented or shunned by Putin.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Large swaths of eastern Colorado have evaded the drought plaguing most of the state west of 25.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Weaponized stubbornness Scoring is a straightforward concept, but success in this realm evaded Florida Saturday night.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • A week after suffering a gut-punch loss to Nevada in Reno when two winning touchdowns were called back in the final moment and a tying field goal with seconds to play just missed, Sac State shook off early jitters to unleash a balanced offense in improving to 1-2.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Just three months ago, Israel and Iran fought a 12-day war that shook the Middle East.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Minnesota hedged its bets on signing Jones and acquiring Jordan Mason in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers, Akers is poised to play a vital role in the running back room as soon as this Sunday's matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.
    Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • At least two Colorado insurers surveyed by The Denver Post said all of their plans will cover COVID-19 vaccines, while others hedged.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes close to his heart, has died, according to his publicist Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan PMK.
    Tricia Escobedo, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Last night, Olivia Rodrigo and Iris Apatow eschewed red carpet glamour for a casual, yet celebratory fête at Vas J Morgan’s post-Emmys soiree.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The last time Tesla tried to reward and incentivize Musk, a $56 billion pay package granted in 2018 tied to revenue and market-capitalization milestones was twice nixed by a Delaware court, which ruled the company had fudged its disclosures to shareholders.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Yo-yoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yo-yoed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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