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One of the pilots, in his account to investigators, estimated that the plane had oscillated up and down for a “few seconds.”

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2023

Roman showed me some mercury readings, which had oscillated wildly, on his watch.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2018

For 591 days, one of the nation's most storied families had oscillated between frustration and faith, resignation and hope.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Presidency had oscillated between suspicious unease and smug confidence, depending perhaps upon the personality of the particular president more than anything else.

From Check and Checkmate by Miller, Walter M.

The pendulum, far from being urged to unruly motion, continued to swing slowly in the narrow space where it had oscillated for so many years.

From Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 by Various