alternated

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The economy has alternated between adding jobs and losing jobs for 10 months in a row, and the on-and-off streak is likely to extend into March.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

They passed air through larynges removed from deceased horses and then alternated the airflow between normal air and helium.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Chileans have alternated between left and right governments at every election since 2010.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

It alternated the order of kicks but confused players and supporters.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Sharon Ito, the daughter of the Japanese sharecropper for whom we picked strawberries during the summer, and I alternated taking the first seat, although she sat in it more often than I did.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez