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back and forth

[bak-uhn-fawrth, -fohrth, -uhnd-] / ˈbæk ənˈfɔrθ, -ˈfoʊrθ, -ənd- /


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The match swung back and forth, with neither pair able to sustain a telling lead, but three birdies in a row from the 11th gave the Swedes a two-hole lead.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Using the transfer stations to access Claude, the Chinese performed their distillation by monitoring the back and forth communications between their customers and products such as Claude, Anthropic said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

I have gone back and forth, and I have landed on this: It is an elegy.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Again, police reviewed surveillance and spoke with witnesses as Crowder was moving back and forth between stores, Pobokhian said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

It winds back and forth like a mammoth snake.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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