back and forth
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The latest back and forth between Trump and Maher stemmed from a mid-October White House dinner with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and musician Kid Rock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Astronomers can use these changes to search for planets because an orbiting planet's gravity causes its host star to move slightly back and forth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Spike Lee is over for a look and a chat. ... LeBron is taking the helicopter rides back and forth from Philadelphia to New York and engaged here in some front-row convo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
For a time, Quaid and Savoie were traveling back and forth between Los Angeles and Nashville, but following the 2025 California wildfires, they decided to pull the plug on life on the West Coast.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
A chest of drawers “played back and forth with inconceivable rapidity.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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