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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
In the alternate reality, the Dodgers start Yamamoto — perhaps the world’s best big-game pitcher — followed by Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and maybe Emmet Sheehan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Long lines of stationary cars and buses clogged major roads on Friday as commuters sought alternate routes, with some forced to continue their journeys on foot.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
A jagged wound stretches diagonally across his face, from one side of his chin to the alternate side of his forehead.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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
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
Her accent alternates mid-sentence from city gal to snidely British, Ida loudly accusing a mob boss of murdering women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
“There’s ten of us plus two alternates in case somebody gets sick at the last minute.”
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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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
During this moment, electronic bonds between neighboring sites alternated between stronger and weaker in a repeating pattern.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 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
In public, he has alternated military threats with the offer of fresh negotiations.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Life on the bus alternated between moments of harmony and moments of chaos.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Li tells their stories in alternating chapters, loosely grounding her narrative in historical fact and Li’s own expansive imaginative powers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Under ultraviolet light, some scales in the caudal region show alternating light and dark bands running across the tail.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 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
After 77 years of intervals of tolerance alternating with intervals of repression, official statistics acknowledge 44 million registered Christians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The extreme light/dark contrasts throughout the painting imply the alternating emotions of hope and hopelessness.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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