mood swing
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It’s a massive mood swing that will reshape Philly’s offseason.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Dare I say, the party’s mood swing from near-suicidal to euphoric has been quite something.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025
The six Kiwi crewmembers shouted, hugged and fist-bumped after crossing the finish line, a massive mood swing from days earlier, when Burling glumly discussed a four-point penalty for colliding with the U.S. catamaran during training.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2023
Dealers were hard pressed to find a single catalyst for the sudden mood swing, but a Chinese crackdown on tech companies clearly had an impact.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2021
I worked myself up into an angry storm rather quickly; another Finn Easton patented wild mood swing.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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