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Sarah Helzer, the team’s alternate candidate, rotates between stations to learn each of her teammates’ techniques, so she can be prepared to take over in case of an emergency or injury.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Hyrox sees participants alternate between running a kilometre and doing fitness exercises, including a sled push, burpee jumps, indoor rowing, and lunges while carrying a sandbag.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Rather than spinning their entire bodies together, the snakes alternate between rolling on one side and swinging a curved section of their bodies downward beside their heads.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The "Modern Warfare" games depict military conflicts in the modern era, inspired by international tensions, while the "Black Ops" games take place in an alternate reality where the Cold War never ended.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Others, like monkeys, alternate between the ground and the trees.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

The disease often alternates between periods when symptoms are controlled and sudden flare-ups that can become severe enough to require hospital care.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

In the broadcast booth, he sometimes alternates between standing and sitting, or puts his feet up on a table, anything to avoid sitting for hours on end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The record alternates patient mood pieces like this one with more melodic tunes with startling shifts in volume.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The rest of the album alternates between chaos and control, introspection and criticism, grungy beats and hazy surrealism.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

For the next sixty minutes, the Capitol feed alternates between the standard afternoon newscast, Finnick, and attempts to black it all out.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

These changes provided a way to define the system's progression through time, even when the bright region alternated between expansion and contraction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

With Kessler sidelined, the Lakers have alternated Kevon Looney and Sandro Mamukelashvili at center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

His mother, Mollie Roy, alternated Tylenol and Motrin as pediatricians typically recommend and looked after him as he rested at home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Grieving relatives alternated between watching intently and closing their eyes, overwhelmed by the grim exercise.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Boris and Constantin alternated saying, “I’m bored!” and “Are we there yet?” until they forgot whose turn it was to say what and quit in frustration.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The remainder of the week will be a temperature rollercoaster with alternating spells of mild and cold weather.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Developed in parallel by several studios, "Call of Duty" has been split into two series for more than 15 years, with new titles released in alternating years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Roberts also said alternating between right- and left-handers was not a variable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Leading an orchestra of 22, featuring lively colorations from saxophone, harp, marimba and guitar, conductor Michael Sakir captured the music’s landscape of alternating pulse and elegy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I’ve been alternating between the two dresses I came with, one blue-and-white checked and one gingham.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline