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On Thursday French President Emmanuel Macron said Britain was oscillating “between partnership and provocation” and called for more collaboration.

From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2021

Controllers also observed that the aircraft, a new Boeing 737 Max 8, was oscillating up and down by hundreds of feet — a sign that something was extraordinarily wrong.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2019

The compass was oscillating less jumpily, and it was now possible to see some distance ahead.

From Round the World in Seven Days by Strang, Herbert

At its summit rose up a second cone, turned upside down and spindled on its point; its enormous mass threatened to crush the ship, as it was oscillating and ready to fall.

From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules

I was sent to interview Nadar on the Place Saint Pierre at Montmartre, above which his captive balloon the "Neptune" was oscillating in the September breeze.

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred