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ˈwhip·saw [ˈ(h)wɪpsɔ:, Am -sɑ:] VB trans

to be whipsawed by sth

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A pit-saw was also sometimes known as a whipsaw. en.wikipedia.org

But what if these were whipsaw strikes? en.wikipedia.org

The goal of a whipsaw strike may vary. en.wikipedia.org

Logs and boards laboriously fashioned from local timber with a whipsaw were used to build the one room church. en.wikipedia.org

A second issue involved use of the whipsaw strike. en.wikipedia.org

Why does their mom whipsaw between cartoon villain and relatively normal schemer? www.theatlantic.com

To discourage employers from breaking away from the group, unions developed the whipsaw strike-in which the union would strike one employer at a time, one after another. en.wikipedia.org

Early sawmills adapted the whipsaw to mechanical power, generally driven by a water wheel to speed up the process. en.wikipedia.org

To do this they must acquire a whipsaw if they do not already have one. en.wikipedia.org

Few nations have addressed the use of lockouts during whipsaw strikes, however. en.wikipedia.org

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