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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
whipsaw .
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Summer arrived, and dogs and men, packs on their backs, rafted across blue mountain lakes, and descended or ascended unknown rivers in slender boats whipsawed from the standing forest.
Chapter 7 1903
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Summer arrived, and dogs and men, packs on their backs, rafted across blue mountain lakes, and descended or ascended unknown rivers in slender boats whipsawed from the standing forest.
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Elvis Picardo, investment strategist at Northern Securities, said the Canadian market continues to be "whipsawed" by the volatility in the U.S.
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When an investor puts his neck on the line by risking everything on a cycle, there's always a chance the cycle (assuming it really exists) will be "whipsawed", which can always happen in the short-term by shifts in investor sentiment and trading volume patterns.
Safehaven Clif Droke 2010
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Caterpillar lost 7 percent after reporting a sharp drop in economic conditions and plunging commodity prices left the company "whipsawed" in the fourth quarter after a strong start to
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Caterpillar said Monday it was "whipsawed" in the final three months of 2008 as a sharp drop in economic conditions and plunging commodity prices hit industries like mining that use the company's equipment.
Market News 2009
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Caterpillar said Monday it was "whipsawed" in the final three months of 2008 as a sharp drop in economic conditions and plunging commodity prices hit industries like mining that use the company's equipment.
Market News 2009
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In the final quarter, however, demand "whipsawed" due to a global economic downturn.
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Caterpillar shares dropped more than 10 percent after the maker of heavy equipment said plunging commodity prices left the company "whipsawed" in the fourth quarter.
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Well I think we have been kind of whipsawed the last couple of years, the last year it was in the form of plenty of sales and not much in the way of bring it or on bottom line and this year perhaps the pendulum as the year ended swung a little hard at the other direction, I don't expect grocery to maintain the 20% level, I think we wanted the kind of incrementally increase it from the 16 that it had been into and back into the 17 and 18 range and clearly 20 is somewhat a product of a depressed sales number for that quarter versus obviously what the earning number turned out to be.
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