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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
Metrolink said it will not provide alternate bus transportation will not be provided at this time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 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
“Mrs. O’Leary is calling your parents to tell them you might be a little late because of the alternate route, the traffic, and the weather so they don’t worry.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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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
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
“Mr. D, I think I know what Molly’s getting at. Since there are six people on the D.C. team instead of four, which of the alternates will you choose?”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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These changes provided a way to define the system's progression through time, even when the bright region alternated between expansion and contraction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 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
Meanwhile, his shower alternated between freezing cold and "scalding hot".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
We alternated between mat and barre work, using light weights and an exercise strap and ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
My two sisters shared one bedroom, while I alternated between sharing a room with my two older brothers and sleeping in a single bed in my parents’ room.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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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
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
Roberts also said alternating between right- and left-handers was not a variable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Thomas Edison warned that alternating current was an unacceptable threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Her sneakers are painted, one with an impossibly small chequerboard of a thousand colors, the other with yellow happy faces alternating with black skulls.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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