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The story of CrossFit’s rise—which was alternately helped and hindered by Mr. Glassman’s intense personality—and how it altered the fitness industry is skillfully told by Calum Marsh in “The Glass Box.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
A Bay Area woman has made history with a roughly 900-mile swim that meant navigating hurricanes and tropical storms, an experience that took months and was alternately grueling and magical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Except for Iran, of course, which he alternately bombs, demonizes and flatters.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Willis was alternately a policeman and a naval officer.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
And I said, “Is it a long cake with a square cross section which is divided into equally sized, alternately colored squares?”
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
Vocabulary lists containing alternately
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