to and fro
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The autumn operation exposed flaws too: The land couldn’t accommodate all the vehicles, said Lemmermann, and it consisted of noncontiguous plots, forcing Rheinmetall to bus soldiers to and fro.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Shelters have been opened for those displaced from their homes, and helicopters were flying to and fro to bring essentials to people cut off from the rest of the world.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
“Viv Ansanm manje li!” they chanted loudly in Haitian Creole as they walked to and fro, the coffin swaying gently with their 16-year-old friend inside.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
"There's still a long way to go and I'm sure it'll be to and fro between now and the very last game," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
On the platform I look round; I know no one among all the people hurrying to and fro.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Slogans are easy, and they sound really tough, but it’s a little different when you get into the to-and-fro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
Spine rattling to-and-fro against the rhythms of the road.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
Circe’s paws splayed out on the floor, her head shook to-and-fro and she drooled.
From Washington Times ● May 2, 2023
I got into a joking to-and-fro with a friend this week about daylight saving time.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
There is far less to-and-fro movement between the different groups than happened under capitalism or even in the pre-industrial ages.
From "1984" by George Orwell
