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Ross passed the bar in 1994, joined the Riverside County public defender’s office the following year and began as a Los Angeles County deputy alternate public defender in 2000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
There’s an alternate universe where Taylor Tomlinson is a young adult fantasy author holed up in a cabin miles from civilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
On Saturday Transport Scotland posted on X on that Google Maps was falsely reporting the A9 as closed and was recommending an "inconvenient alternate route" when it remained open.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
That’s the premise of Chuck Klosterman’s “Rock*,” an alternate history of popular music from 1967 to well into this century, built on a single historical accident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Martha then announced that Kyla Ross would be the traveling alternate.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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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
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
Her hysterical grin sets your teeth on edge; she alternates between swiftness and stillness in her uncanny movements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
The film alternates between chronicling the progress of Jacobs’ Spring 2024 show and diving deeper into his vast references and his relationship with Coppola.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
“Mr. Dimming, do the alternates go to Washington also?”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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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
We alternated between mat and barre work, using light weights and an exercise strap and ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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
A pale light and a green light alternated in his eyes as he spoke.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Professor Alexey Kornyshev from Imperial College London and his collaborators originally suggested that salt ions surrounding DNA could produce alternating patterns of electrical charge.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Government responses have included daily individual caps on fuel purchases, a ban on stockpiling and an alternating licence-plate scheme intended to reduce the number of cars filling up.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
But on this day, they had to try to deliver victory in a California tiebreaker, with the ball placed on the 50-yard and the team that advanced the ball farthest after alternating plays wins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The new live album spends most of the program alternating between the two poles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Finally, Rishi sank down on the floor, holding his stomach, alternating groans with laughter.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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