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The phrase "circling back and forth" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is revisiting a topic or idea multiple times, often in a discussion or meeting context.
Example: "During the meeting, we found ourselves circling back and forth on the same issue without reaching a conclusion."
Alternatives: "going back and forth" or "revisiting the topic."
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Circling back and forth from the present to the past, the narrative loses momentum; the chapters are often repetitive.
Circling back and forth between physics in the library and lust in Rex Mars's apartment (Nora has always made her husbands take her name), McPhee keeps us just sufficiently off balance not to notice that she has hidden the answer to the mystery of Nora Mars in plain sight -- a realization that brought a smile to my face.
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Vendors circle back and forth, selling the same things on either side: peanuts and bread, coffee and tea.
Freud suggests, for instance, that family life circles back and forth from murderous wishes to sexual impulses; or when discussing the unconscious, that we are constantly working to sabotage what we think of as our own best interests.
Clench your hands in fists and turn them in circles back and forth.
Open your hands and turn them in circles back and forth.
It had always been moving (if I hadn't been studying it, I wouldn't have noticed): a barely perceptible pan, a slow circle, a gentle back-and-forth.
We realized we had lost the trail, so we separated to look for it, going in different directions and circling upward, calling back and forth to each other so we wouldn't lose the other.
Shake it in circles and back and forth, to try to get the poop out.
When dancing for a performance, Rockettes do not only do a kickline, they also do a ripple effect, kickline in a circle, walking back and forth, etc).
This makes the whole visualization easier for the audience to read by eliminating the need to look back-and-forth from the circles to the color legend to figure out what each circle represents.
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