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Back at the police department conference table in 2025, Detectives Stafford and Evans passed case documents back and forth.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Blaché goes through a tank of gas every other day driving back and forth from New Orleans for his work in oil-and-gas project financing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Said Moore: “I was his harshest critic on the field.“We’re going back and forth and he was right.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

"He and I played this game back and forth in which we tried to write a paper in a week."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

He reached the shipwreck, swimming right through the gap, as the ship did not lack for seawater within, which sloshed back and forth against the thick wooden ribs of its dark belly.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el