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  • verb Present participle of seesaw.
  • noun A rising and falling, like that of a seesaw.

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Examples

  • Thank God the American people realize that we can’t afford this kind of seesawing in response to the day to day changes in the war.

    Firedoglake » Privacy For The Common Good 2006

  • Traders said seesawing U.S. equities markets, continuing uncertainty about euro-zone sovereign debt and a strengthening dollar were behind the pullback--and contributed to the price swings.

    Crude Slides On Euro-Zone Woes, Dollar Strength Christian Berthelsen 2011

  • On Rabat Street in downtown Sanaa, protesters hurled rocks at one another while chanting slogans, engaging in a raucous seesawing struggle to control the street.

    Fierce clashes unfold in Yemen for a seventh straight day Sudarsan Raghavan 2011

  • On Rabat Street in downtown Sanaa, protesters hurled rocks at one another while chanting slogans, engaging in a raucous seesawing struggle to control the street.

    Fierce clashes unfold in Yemen for a seventh straight day Sudarsan Raghavan 2011

  • The quarter got off to a slow start as a seesawing stock market, sluggish growth in gross domestic product and a high unemployment rate made chief executives and boards nervous about pursuing deals, which almost always carry a high degree of execution risk.

    M Gina Chon 2010

  • The rhythmic seesawing of sympathy is invaluably heightened by the five members of a cast directed by Joe Mantello with profound appreciation of the script's depths.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities" is Red-Hot David Finkle 2011

  • Stocks headed firmly south after seesawing between small gains and losses in midday trade, when numbers showed that the U.S. economy grew 2.8% in the final three months of 2011, missing analysts' expectations.

    European Stocks Slip Sara Sjolin 2012

  • French bank shares ended higher on Thursday after seesawing through the day amid the negative sentiment on the financial sector and speculation about the fate of France's triple-A rating, though credit-rating agencies say it isn't under review.

    France, Germany Plan Euro Proposals Nathalie Boschat 2011

  • Financial stocks are seesawing with the ever-changing news over Europe's bailout status, as investors wonder about how to play off U.S. banks' exposure to their euro-zone cohorts, David Reilly reports on Markets Hub.

    Dow Retreats After Blue-Chip Day Brendan Conway 2011

  • World War I and its aftermath created a period of almost continual seesawing, with only one election (1916) seeing fewer than 20 House seats changing hands.

    Revival of Volatility Signals Historic Era in U.S. Politics Neil King Jr. 2010

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