as in reversal
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
the governor's frequent flip-flops would indicate that she has no core beliefs
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Recent Examples of flip-flop
Lim Hui Jie,dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
During his Costa Rican retreat, Rogers—wearing flip-flops, bags under his eyes, unshaven and smiling—gently taps a bongo.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
President-elect Trump, who has flip-flopped on the issue, could try to urge his DOJ not to enforce the ban.
—Angrej Singh, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Articles of impeachment have been introduced by opposition parties against President Yoon Seok Yeol barely 48 hours after his martial law flip-flop and subsequent reversal of martial law.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Both indexes had rebounded strongly last week after initially falling following the martial law flip-flop and failed first impeachment vote.
—Lim Hui Jie,dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
During his Costa Rican retreat, Rogers—wearing flip-flops, bags under his eyes, unshaven and smiling—gently taps a bongo.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
President-elect Trump, who has flip-flopped on the issue, could try to urge his DOJ not to enforce the ban.
—Angrej Singh, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Articles of impeachment have been introduced by opposition parties against President Yoon Seok Yeol barely 48 hours after his martial law flip-flop and subsequent reversal of martial law.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip-flop
Noun
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Filip realized an inevitable role reversal had occurred.Fred Topel, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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After a couple rounds of appeals and reversals, the man left the nursing home and died four days later.Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Hoping to entice equivocating consumers, retailers already have spent weeks bombarding customers with ads and early offers.Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
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There was a lot of miscommunication and mistrust between critical players in the opposition and Maduro’s equivocating supporters.Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Trying to weasel things by providing additional levels is abhorrent.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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But when Douglas doesn’t invite her to the business dinner, the show suddenly takes a turn into wacky sitcom territory, with Maxine trying to weasel her way into Douglas’s business to meet and invite the Prince to the Beach Ball.Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
Verb
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The escalating pitch to waffling conservatives comes after stints of campaigning with Trump's Republican critics.Charlotte Alter, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
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In the face of such public and political pressure -- especially from Congress -- Obama administration officials have waffled at several key moments.Carol Rosenberg, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2011
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These malicious programs leverage artificial intelligence to adapt and evade traditional security measures.John Chirillo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson is finding new ways to evade questions regarding those James Bond casting rumors.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot delves into a crime that shook the town of Channelview, Texas, in 1991.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the men’s flyweight division, Manel Kape put on a masterful performance, shaking off three low blows from Bruno Silva to earn the third-round TKO victory.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Having lost its mother during a traumatic birth, the cow Lucy had to be bottle-fed and was shunned by the herd.R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Knightley said, before imitating her daughter shunning her from the dance floor at the disco.Latoya Gayle, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
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But what that showed is that Cohen, the hedge fund guy, might not have been hedging his bet on Soto, but sure was sweetening it.Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Biden, however, hedged his praise for the rebels with a warning that the U.S. will keep an eye on how events unfold and how those groups act in the coming weeks and months.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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