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Recent Examples of switcheroo
Neither one of them should be calling it now with all the uncertainty over the actual Dodgers playoff rotation, but this personality switcheroo is really throwing me off.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
However, these doubts come bubbling back to the surface when the town learns of the administrative switcheroo.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024
That said, there are missteps beyond the initial emotional switcheroo.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
Trump’s deficits as a candidate have some Republicans privately pining for the switcheroo Democrats pulled off at the top of their ticket from President Joe Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Aug. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
However, these doubts come bubbling back to the surface when the town learns of the administrative switcheroo.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024
That said, there are missteps beyond the initial emotional switcheroo.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
Trump’s deficits as a candidate have some Republicans privately pining for the switcheroo Democrats pulled off at the top of their ticket from President Joe Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switcheroo
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Pakistan’s frustrations with the Taliban represent a sharp turnabout.Zia ur-Rehman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Could an election spark such a dramatic turnabout for the nation’s entrepreneurs?Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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The regular-season finale tape alone should not determine who wins the job — and Spagnuolo has been quick all year to flip-flop the two during the game, even going to Keith Taylor in the red zone.Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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That 30-24 loss and the Buccaneers’ 48-14 trouncing of Carolina led to a flip-flop in the NFC South standings.Mike Jones, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 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
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The president-elect's support for the widely popular app is an about-face from his first term in office.Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Nothing captured this flexibility more than Reagan’s about-face from brinkmanship to détente with Gorbachev.Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Police said in court records that at about 15 minutes after midnight on June 24, 2023, Morgan’s Toyota Camry ran through a red light while doing a U-turn on International Boulevard and 23rd Avenue, colliding into the Avalon.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Fathers running errands made U-turns to scoop us from seemingly ubiquitous rainstorms, while trailside bar owners treated us like Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay before offering to deliver us breakfast the next morning.Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2024
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Jim Harbaugh has team primed for playoff run Jan. 6, 2025 The Chargers led the league with 17.7 points allowed per game, making a dramatic turnaround from their No. 24 rank last season.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Clowney ended up leading the team with 5.5 sacks, but the outside linebacker room had consistent turnaround behind him.Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 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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Meta’s decision to eliminate its fact-checking program marks a sharp reversal for the major social media company, quickly prompting questions over the firm’s direction as President-elect Trump heads back to the Oval Office.Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
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The judicial branch of the federal government will have some decisions of its own to make about the monument, and may inject still more reversals.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Switcheroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switcheroo. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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