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Investors in recent weeks have seesawed between concerns that the AI trade has run its course and fears the technology could disrupt industries ranging from software to financial data to trucking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Now, in the suspenseful Western Conference semifinal series, the Kraken and the Dallas Stars have seesawed to 2-2.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

The world’s emissions have seesawed in recent years, plunging in 2020 amid pandemic-induced lockdowns only to rebound in 2021 and likely edge even higher in 2022.

From Scientific American • Jan. 6, 2023

Restaurant reservations have seesawed for months, bobbing up and down as Americans consider whether they feel safe amid the ongoing pandemic.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2021

Retirement schemes increasingly see cat bonds, insulated from financial market downturns, as a good way of counterbalancing their exposure to regular stocks and bonds, which have seesawed violently since the 2008 financial crisis.

From Reuters • May 29, 2012