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In the meantime, passengers will have to take longer alternate routes or switch to slower buses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
That version of Spider-Noir was a Peter Parker from an alternate universe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But we are finding alternate capacities and alternate routes for cargo outside Dubai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Of course we'll miss it but it was absolutely the right call and we've got a beautiful alternate version that we're very proud of."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
A couple of times, the drivers came back to the church saying that they were cut off and there was no alternate route to the site.”
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
Mr. De los Santos’s dense text, which alternates between Spanish and English, is constructed to convey a lot of information, which often leaves Mr. Sosa’s pleasantly tonal score in a subordinate position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
Our life alternates between billets and the front.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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
Matheus Cunha: Began through the middle again and alternated with Fernandes as the furthest player forward.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Grieving relatives alternated between watching intently and closing their eyes, overwhelmed by the grim exercise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 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
And the outbursts of an abject self-pity with which it alternated.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Bergman notes Alma’s alternating, often contradictory attitudes toward Elisabet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
In alternating, time-traveling, distinctly voiced chapters, the four quirky members of a modern Midwestern family spin on the tilted axis of Barbara, their dementia-impaired matriarch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Urdd Eisteddfod takes place every year alternating between north and south Wales, attracting about 15,000 competitors aged eight to 25 and 100,000 visitors.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
He stood upright, alternating between offering his hand in greeting and exposing his teeth in fear.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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