Both Uses
oscillate
in
Childhood's End
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- Maia and Jan had never had a single home, but had oscillated between their parents' families like two small shuttlecocks.†
Chpt 8 *
- Now that the polar regions had been opened up, a considerable fraction of the human race oscillated from Arctic to Antarctic at six monthly intervals, seeking the long, nightiess polar summer.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(oscillate) move or swing from side to side regularly
or:
waver between conflicting positions or courses of action - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)