vacillating
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The arrival of the Iamaleava brothers prompted quarterbacks Joey Aguilar and Robert McDaniel to enter the transfer portal, with Demaricus Davis vacillating on his future, according to Foster.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025
We are a country, and a world, chasing its tail – vacillating between hatred, anger and a desire for peace.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2024
But Cohen also said he was “compelled to comment upon the vacillating positions of the City of Atlanta throughout this litigation.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
As his parents, Michael Goldberg and Juliane Köhler come off as clueless boomers trying their best to be tolerant and vacillating between self-recrimination and despair.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023
Jam could see a whole river of things in his face, currents shifting and swelling, vacillating from grief to fury.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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Frankenstein
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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