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Recent Examples of switcheroo
All in the Family Mini Kim and mini Khloé pulled a switcheroo with their T-shirts — a favorite pastime of theirs, according to Khloé who posted this adorable pic.
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Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Here are the entertainment industry’s top debacles, switcheroos, failures and downward trends of the year.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The switcheroo mainly involves six bolts for the main subframe, a few 100-pin electric connectors, water lines, a hydraulic link for the gearbox and a cable for the clutch.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024
The twice-yearly switcheroo is irritating enough to lawmakers of all political stripes that the US Senate passed legislation in March 2022 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Here are the entertainment industry’s top debacles, switcheroos, failures and downward trends of the year.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The switcheroo mainly involves six bolts for the main subframe, a few 100-pin electric connectors, water lines, a hydraulic link for the gearbox and a cable for the clutch.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024
The twice-yearly switcheroo is irritating enough to lawmakers of all political stripes that the US Senate passed legislation in March 2022 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switcheroo
Noun
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The move by the Trump administration is a turnabout of a long-standing U.S. policy that has extended TPS to more than a half million Venezuelans.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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But the turnabout didn't entirely make clear what happens next.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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As anyone who’s spent a day in flimsy flip-flops or sky-high heels knows, the wrong shoes don’t just hurt your feet.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
7 Feb. 2025
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Trump, who once harshly criticized TikTok, flip-flopped to sign an executive order on his first day in office delaying for 75 days the enforcement of the law.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Michael Soloman, one of Tennessee's leading sellers of legal cannabis, believes the state is engaging in regulatory bait and switch.—
Frank Gluck,
The Tennessean,
12 Feb. 2024
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But Pippa soon swings in with a big confession: These muffins were actually baked to convince Ravi to spill the deets about his dead brother. Ravi, peeved that Pip pulled a bait and switch, tells her to leave him alone.—
Fletcher Peters,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2024
Noun
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The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE’s blind cost cutting will put communities at risk.—
Tara Copp and Anthony Izaguirre,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Here’s what its workers think of Trump’s tariffs The Colombian government had to do a humiliating about-face that month after President Gustavo Petro blocked two American military planes carrying Colombian deportees from entering his country.—
Rafael Romo,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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The victim followed Perry and reported his license plate number to authorities before Perry made a U-turn and fired six shots, hitting the victim in the face and the arm.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Feb. 2025
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Per footage shared by the BBC, Budge was filmed on Apr. 14, 2024 hitting his 63-year-old estranged wife Sandra Budge with his vehicle before making a U-turn and driving over her a second time.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Over the past year, the company has gone through major changes as part of a turnaround led by Richard Dickson, its new CEO.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Can a turnaround today be accomplished by glorifying parenthood, especially fatherhood, and changing workplace rules so fathers are not penalized by taking time off and requesting flexible work arrangements?—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Read More: How Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pushed Through Asia’s First Cannabis Legalization Cannabis advocacy groups and businesses have voiced their opposition to the policy volte-face, staging rallies and threatening a legal challenge against the premier.—
Pathom Sangwongwanich / Bloomberg,
TIME,
27 June 2024
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The policy volte-face is another blow to Thailand’s nascent cannabis industry after decriminalization was pitched as a way to boost agricultural income and wellness tourism.—
TIME,
TIME,
10 May 2024
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Soter said companies that had been preparing to meet the rule's requirements could see the writing on the wall, with Donald Trump's election victory marking a reversal from the climate action under President Joe Biden.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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This stark reversal of values is a signature of the Trump restoration.—
Michelle Goldberg,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Switcheroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switcheroo. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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