yo-yoes

present tense third-person singular of yo-yo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yoes
Verb
  • The star of the show is chef Nick Wong's signature savory scallion waffles with sambal honey butter, but the Taiwanese disco fries, Cheeseburger Fried Rice and the crawfish egg foo young are not to be missed.
    Melissa Liebling-goldberg, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • While the rest of the world waffles on decarbonization, today’s climate presents another opportunity to gain competitive advantage.
    Justin Worland, Time, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Neville hedges his bet by filling us in on Michaels’ spotlight apprehension, making his reticence a through line.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Below the threshold, AI hedges your brand or ignores it.
    Jason BARNARD, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Beside her, the dog shakes itself, droplets flying from it, then fixes her with an appraising gaze.
    Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • The Moon, planet of our emotions, lifts your 10th House of Career, while innovative Uranus shakes your 4th House of Home and Family.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • In March, the French navy seized an oil tanker in the Mediterranean that Macron said belonged ‌to Russia’s shadow fleet, which comprises several hundred tankers through which Russia evades sanctions.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
  • At one point, Griffin appears to lunge at Manetta, who evades him by ducking behind a column on the platform.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • But even now, their quest for the perfect needle drop eludes predictable pathways.
    Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
  • But a return to tip-top command – often what eludes a Tommy John patient the most – and stuff will require patience.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • That’s 937 quarts…which equivocates to almost one ton per day.
    Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The question of who stands against this darkness — and who equivocates — will be determined by civilizational identity.
    Calev Myers, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Altman is a booster for San Francisco, advising its mayor and expanding OpenAI’s offices here, while Musk shuns the city and now lives in Texas.
    David Ingram, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Mitski lies on the lawn looking at the girl leaving her, like the witch in Into the Woods when Rapunzel shuns her and then gets promptly trampled by a giant.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Javier Bardem is terrific as a former enfant terrible filmmaker who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter by putting her in his new movie in The Beloved, which eschews the easy sentimental beats but also ends up short on many satisfying ones.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • Anderson stars in L'Oréal's Lessons of Worth campaign, which eschews the notion that women become invisible with age.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 22 May 2026
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“Yo-yoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yo-yoes. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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