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- noun Plural form of
see-saw . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
see-saw .
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Examples
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One of his early movies, the silent Under the Top has him doing some amazing acrobatics -- catapulting off see-saws, balancing in a chair on a trapeze, and more -- but I don't think that's available commercially.
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I feel sorry for the poor fella who steps in and falls face first into the seat when that thing see-saws on him!
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Today the dramatic and costly case against the Toronto drug squad officers see-saws yet again when prosecutors try to revive charges thrown out by a judge in 2008.
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Today the dramatic and costly case against the Toronto drug squad officers see-saws yet again when prosecutors try to revive charges thrown out by a judge in 2008.
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I feel sorry for the poor fella who steps in and falls face first into the seat when that thing see-saws on him!
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Gandhi was painfully aware of the see-saws of history, and devoted himself to find ways to win that didn't simply set up the next the loss -- but rather gained permanent, irreversible ground.
Ben Brandzel: Rally to Restore Satyagraha? Ben Brandzel 2010
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Since then, the Dow engaged in stomach-churning see-saws, but the time-weighted average has been stuck around 10,000.
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Since then, the Dow engaged in stomach-churning see-saws, but the time-weighted average has been stuck around 10,000.
The Goldman Rule 2010
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From see-saws to scales to foreign and domestic policies to sociopolitical philosophies.
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I miss see-saws until I read the comment above and the giant climbing structures that must have been splinter magnets, now that I think of it.
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