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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

Anthony Daniels, who has portrayed C-3PO since the original “Star Wars” trilogy, will voice the worry-prone protocol droid in the live alternate telecast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Exploiting a scheduling quirk—Singapore’s 8 p.m. race typically follows a slate of afternoon starts in Europe—the entire paddock just lives in an alternate, nocturnal universe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The doorway to the panic room/secret passageway/tunnel to the alternate world opened up, and Emma reached in to turn on the light.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

It also confirmed the party’s expulsion of 33 officials who were Central Committee members or alternates, including former senior diplomat Liu Jianchao.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

In the broadcast booth, he sometimes alternates between standing and sitting, or puts his feet up on a table, anything to avoid sitting for hours on end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The rest of the album alternates between chaos and control, introspection and criticism, grungy beats and hazy surrealism.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Besides a few more small businesses, the landscape alternates between grassy fields turning brown in the summer heat and oil-stained streets that must lead to neighborhoods with houses.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

These changes provided a way to define the system's progression through time, even when the bright region alternated between expansion and contraction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Grieving relatives alternated between watching intently and closing their eyes, overwhelmed by the grim exercise.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

For the next four pitches, he alternated between his four-seam fastball and off-speed pitches — first his changeup and then curveball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

During the week after she brought Wash to her tree, Naomi alternated between two worries.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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

They successfully demonstrated optical switching in a substantially thicker magnetic structure containing nine alternating layers of platinum and cobalt.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Roberts also said alternating between right- and left-handers was not a variable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Leading an orchestra of 22, featuring lively colorations from saxophone, harp, marimba and guitar, conductor Michael Sakir captured the music’s landscape of alternating pulse and elegy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The seniors and freshmen filed in, one couple at a time, alternating between senior boy and freshman girl and senior girl and freshman boy.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely