oscillating

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The floor-standing Hunter 1,500-Watt Oscillating Ceramic Tower Heater is twice the size of the Lasko 754200 or Honeywell UberHeat, and it offered only middling performance in our 2017 tests.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2018

Oscillating between drizzle and downpour, the weather is typical for Shanghai, though perhaps less fitting for “the Happiest Place on Earth.”

From Time • Jun. 14, 2016

Oscillating tones, shimmering and percussive, echoed through the Appel Room on Saturday as an array of musicians from various musical worlds performed works by Stephen Sondheim and Steve Reich.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2015

Oscillating between fury and despair, the customers beseech pharmacists to hand over medications that they frequently do not have in stock.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2013

If you now think that you would rather confront a herd of Profoundly Outraged Elephants in a Perilously Oscillating Elevator than hear another word about homonyms, acronyms, or any other kind of nyms—well, think again.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood