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Wild swings in individual stocks and assets still managed to bleed into the major U.S. equity indexes, with all three snapping back and forth like a yo-yo.
From MarketWatch
His sister moved him back and forth in her arms gently, and she sang to him.
From Literature
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The back and forth over procedural matters “shows how difficult it will be to bridge the gaps on substance,” said Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group.
New hires in December totaled 5.29 million, but they were offset by 5.25 million separations — layoffs, job quitters, retirements, deaths and so forth.
From MarketWatch
It is hard to imagine that the year will bring forth a Lincoln book of more originality or consequence.
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