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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
And communities from Albuquerque to Laredo, Texas, have grappled with where to find alternate sources of drinking water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The alternate takeaway would be far more concerning.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Now that they knew the tunnel led to an alternate world, that idea was scarier than ever.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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While the marketing industry often alternates between dread and hype regarding AI, Dimon suggested that he views the tech as powerful but also practical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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
“Mr. Dimming, do the alternates go to Washington also?”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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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
We alternated between mat and barre work, using light weights and an exercise strap and ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
They passed air through larynges removed from deceased horses and then alternated the airflow between normal air and helium.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026
In one experiment, Adrian North and his colleagues at Leicester University alternated the music in a supermarket between French accordion and German oompah tunes.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
It was early December, and patches of ice alternated with drifts of brown leaves.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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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
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
Two baseball fields will be set up on opposite ends of the stadium, with the game taking place on each during alternating innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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
I work up and down, alternating my use of my pencils and the pressure I place on them, trying to get the value and directional stroke just right.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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