Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yoed
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Dietary recommendations have waffled over time.—
Tania Fabo,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Paterno waffled before deciding to stay in State College.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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The 37-year-old veteran defeated New England’s Drake Maye in voting by 50 journalists covering the NFL, marking an honor that eluded him through 17 seasons.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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But the Sabres have been the league’s hottest team since the change, going 17-4-1 and kicking down the door to the playoff spot that’s eluded them for 14 years.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Canadians shunned American products in response to new tariffs.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2026
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The festival is now a central tenet of Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion that was once shunned in favor of Catholicism, but that is now gaining recognition.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Surprisingly, among the more than 1,000 recipes published in the past 25 years of columns and cookbooks, a true, crisp and delicious almond cookie recipe had evaded me until now.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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After the fall of Tripoli, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi evaded capture for several months before being detained in November 2011 by a militia in the western Libyan city of Zintan.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Tomlyn asked, to which Chloe shook her head no.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
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And after Britain scored four stones to take the score to 10-5 in end seven, Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee and Lill Harri also called an end to their match and shook hands.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Some, like Baker, hedged their bets a little after being asked by The Bee if Sacramento was Giants or A’s country.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Even so, the Moonies—and the Moon family businesses—have long hedged their bets.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Meta was one of the major Big Tech firms that went big on open-sourcing with its Llama model in early 2023, though most US giants have largely eschewed that approach in order to protect their intellectual property.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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But suddenly, there was model, influencer, and my favorite Making the Cut judge Wisdom Kaye, who'd eschewed the grey carpet but happily posed for photos mid-party.—
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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Orange Lutheran reexamined the paperwork, found it had been fudged, self-reported its findings to the CIF-SS office and now is 2-6 overall going into Friday’s game against Santa Margarita.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Yo-yoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yo-yoed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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