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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
On Tuesday, he said his approaches can alternate between “focusing on reducing the symptoms and getting rid of the pain and/or just making sure that I’m moving well in the swing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The move pushed as many as 20,000 vehicles a day onto alternate routes, including Gorski’s street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
I would be representing my country in Belgium that fall alongside Brenna Dowell, McKayla Maroney, and Kyla Ross, with Elizabeth Price as the noncompeting alternate.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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This week’s plenum was attended by 162 full members and 117 nonvoting alternates, according to the communiqué.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The collaboration alternates between observing runs that collect scientific data and periods dedicated to commissioning and upgrading the detectors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
The rest of the album alternates between chaos and control, introspection and criticism, grungy beats and hazy surrealism.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
It alternates between "found footage" segments filmed in first person that resemble his web show, and more classic filmic shots.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
That’s when we learned that Ashton, MyKayla, and Ragan would be staying at another compound, with all the other team alternates.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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Grieving relatives alternated between watching intently and closing their eyes, overwhelmed by the grim exercise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
During this moment, electronic bonds between neighboring sites alternated between stronger and weaker in a repeating pattern.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Erika alternated between sobbing so much she couldn’t speak and sharing beloved memories about Charlie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Yamamoto threw 20 pitches to a pair of his teammates, with right-handed hitting catcher Will Smith and left-handed hitting infielder Hyeseong Kim alternated at-bats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
For whatever reason he grumbled and spat and alternated between growling orders and rubbing his big, unhealthy belly.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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"Our system generates a supercurrent that varies over time like an alternating current but without voltage. It's the very evolution of the qubit's state that produces that oscillation," says Egues.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
A year later, the two knights took their talents to Broadway, alternating performances of Waiting for Godot with Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Bergman notes Alma’s alternating, often contradictory attitudes toward Elisabet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Roberts also said alternating between right- and left-handers was not a variable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
I work up and down, alternating my use of my pencils and the pressure I place on them, trying to get the value and directional stroke just right.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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