alternate
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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
This runoff for a vacant seat on the bench features a longtime public defender running against a veteran alternate public defender.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Not that she’s really a criminal, but if they have bad laws....The people from the alternate world think the Gustano kids are hers.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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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
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 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
“You skip a practice and you get bounced to the alternates, Connor. I’m in this to win.”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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All week, Cadet alternated between applying ice and heat to his shoulder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
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
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
“We alternated between deploying and pulling back workers, because we were afraid of another hydrogen explosion,” Takeyuki Inagaki remembered.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Joseph, whose older brother Jonathan won 54 caps for England between 2012 and 2020, has been one of the stars of Gloucester's resurgence this season, alternating between wing and midfield.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Now you can really appreciate the dynamics of Morton’s piano-playing, and why he placed so much emphasis on alternating between soft and loud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 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
Developed in parallel by several studios, "Call of Duty" has been split into two series for more than 15 years, with new titles released in alternating years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
I couldn’t stop reading them, alternating between rage and sorrow; it was like having my skin rubbed off.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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