vacillating

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Throwing in with the CRM never stopped her from vacillating back and forth between her identities: Jadis and Anne, Alexandria and the authoritarian military.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2024

We hate vacillating on matters of major consequence.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

After a wildly vacillating game against Marquette in which the Bruins’ 12-point lead became a seven-point deficit, they had the ball trailing by two with 21 seconds left.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

As his parents, Michael Goldberg and Juliane Köhler come off as clueless boomers trying their best to be tolerant and vacillating between self-recrimination and despair.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

“Why, what do you make out that they done with their buttons then, Jack?” asked the landlord, vacillating weakly.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens