there and back
Example Sentences
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The Catholic Church's first US pope has been invited by Prince Albert II and would travel there and back from the Vatican in a day, the source said.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
And Annie drove two hours every day, there and back, to work in Norman.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
"We were going to a wedding in Fermanagh, so we literally drove without the heating on just to get there and back," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025
In all, the vice president spent barely 24 hours on the ground in Dubai, less time than the roughly 15 hours each way it took to get there and back from Washington.
From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2023
Mama made him go to school, but still he searched on the way there and back.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
