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go back and forth

VERB
commute
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VERB
shuttle
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So if I’m getting in bed, I’ve already read a bunch — I would go back and forth between those.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Actor Russell Crowe, a fellow Australian and mentor, advised me to go back and forth between L.A. and Australia and act as much as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Filing confidentially allows a company and the SEC to go back and forth on the listing without disclosing sensitive information until later in the process, when the listing is eventually made public.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

If they go back and forth between two houses and merely cited a “marital home” in the documents, that would create confusion.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

Nora and I go back and forth, each reading a different argument from the list.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks


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