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Hyrox sees participants alternate between running a kilometre and doing fitness exercises, including a sled push, burpee jumps, indoor rowing, and lunges while carrying a sandbag.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
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
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
Why hadn’t Mom taught Emma, Chess, and Finn everything they needed to know about the alternate world from the very beginning?
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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They don’t deserve a museum that alternates between ignoring and condemning our extraordinary heritage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
Where possible, the tournament director alternates the colors, so that a player will play with the white pieces in one game and with the black in the next.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Matheus Cunha: Began through the middle again and alternated with Fernandes as the furthest player forward.
From BBC ● Aug. 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
Thereafter she alternated between the former masters and the former slaves.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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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
Thomas Edison warned that alternating current was an unacceptable threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
I arbitrarily punch buttons on the control board and end up hopping from foot to foot as alternating jets of icy cold and steaming hot water assault me.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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