yo-yoed

past tense of yo-yo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yoed
Verb
  • Northeast faces a wet, windy weekend Forecast models have waffled back and forth for days but have been consistent on putting New England and Long Island, New York, in the bull’s-eye of the storm’s most significant rain and wind this weekend.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Germany, which represents the EU’s biggest economy and export market, has waffled over hitting China with sanctions or duties, worried about retaliatory measures.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Unfortunately, reasonable health has eluded San Francisco for most of the past two seasons.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But directly detecting WIMPs, or other alternative hypothetical dark matter particles, has eluded physicists for decades.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Although she was found not guilty the following year, Lizzie was shunned by her community after the trial and spent the rest of her life in relative isolation.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Nor the chip on its shoulder from being shunned by the establishment.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fort Worth Eastern Hills improved to 2-0 in District 5-4A Division I behind running back Chris Johnson, who has 841 yards and 16 touchdowns in five games, as the Highlanders chase a district title that has evaded them since 1975.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
  • For the tax years 2022 and 2023, Steve Kim willfully evaded the assessment of income tax in the amount of $155,021, while Ted Kim willfully evaded the assessment of income tax in the amount of $97,354, prosecutors said.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In other Asian Games events like hockey, players from both countries did embrace each other and shook hands with each other after India beat Pakistan in the semifinal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian hedged his answers on the Iranian regime’s connection with the Houthis and Hezbollah in a Thursday night interview, denying any formal relationship with either Middle East terrorist group.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
  • That makes this corner of the auto industry relatively well-hedged compared to traditional automakers.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The White House has reportedly equivocated its support of Means in recent weeks.
    — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Brooks, for his part, equivocated … A bout of frantic rebranding ensued.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Creed-Miles eschewed ’90s trends in favor of contemporary style, wearing a look fresh off the runway from Simone Rocha‘s spring 2027 ready-to-wear collection, which debuted last September during London Fashion Week.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Today, some of Nashville’s biggest stars have aligned themselves with (or shrewdly eschewed criticism of) a political movement that has denigrated countless demographic groups, including Punjabi immigrants.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
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“Yo-yoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yo-yoed. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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