back and forth

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After several rounds of back-and-forth with Paul and Peters, Mullin said he had no problem divulging some information in a secure location.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The back-and-forth on its own may not have been big enough news to influence the stock price.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Years of legal back-and-forth ensued, until the women finally reached an out-of-court settlement in 2021 - four years after they had met.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Trump’s announcement comes after days of public and private back-and-forth negotiations between the Pentagon and Anthropic that occasionally turned ugly.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

He remembered the exhausting climb up the endless flight of stairs afterward, the winding, the dizzying back-and-forth.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner