teeter-totter

• “The girl saw the flash and yelped, and the woman turned to face Pa head-on, the kindling like a teeter-totter on her head.”

  Simon & Schuster: Amaryllis in Blueberry

• “The 3-year-old, four-pound Yorkshire, who wore a ribbon in her hair for the event, cleared several hurdles and tunnels, zigzagged through poles and traversed a teeter-totter at an average two yards per second in a race against the clock.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Agility Contests Go to the Dogs as Tiny Breeds Star in 'Petit Prix'

• “Much like the two people on this teeter-totter, it can go either way.”

  The Top 100 Speculative Fiction Magazine Covers, #60-#51

• “We have been on this teeter-totter of hope and despair for both sides, but since there is not actually a single piece of legislation on the table -- my latest count was four different versions -- what we're seeing is that both sides are taking their positions and digging in.”

  Digging In

• “We played “doctor” (yes, alarming, I know!), and he came over and we watched the Little Mermaid on my teeter-totter in the basement, and played Dollhouse.”

  What Is Love? (Baby, Don’t Hurt Me) | Her Bad Mother

• “But unlike our friends on both ends of the ever sloshing teeter-totter, I sit squarely in the center filled with a sense of hope when I hear this term.”

  The Huffington Post: Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word

• “Nine years old, she loved Belle from Beauty and the Beast and playing on her teeter-totter.”

  The Huffington Post: Raul A. Reyes: Brisenia Flores Was a Victim of Border Vigilantes and Media Indifference

• “It's like a teeter-totter, so you want to establish your center of gravity.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Facing Off With a Bull: Tips From Professional Riders

• “Maybe the teeter-totter can return to its usual give-and-take functioning after Julie Taymor gets off, but, if not, it's going to change producers' quid pro quo arrangement with the press.”

  The Huffington Post: Cara Joy David: Broadway's Web-Slinging Troublemaker

• “But, like at the other end of a teeter-totter pivoting at the pad face, it is pushing the cantilever pivot away from the wheel.”

  Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: A detailed look at brake shudder

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