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Example Sentences

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She moves back and forth between the family and their loved one, who’s sitting across the street on a bench, as she collects information from both parties: Is there a mental health history?

From Los Angeles Times

"We can sit down, have a nibble, and then just go back and forth and graze," said the 30-year-old.

From BBC

Soon the gym is brimming with tension as the contestants are brought forth one by one, having words of various levels of difficulty flung at them.

From The Wall Street Journal

These systems trap laser light between two mirrors, causing the light to bounce back and forth before some of it eventually escapes.

From Science Daily

The Constitution gives Congress the power “to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.”

From Los Angeles Times