flip
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He was alone and wearing light summer clothing, including shorts and flip flops.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
When some piece of economic news was clearly good, such as higher-than-expected jobs growth, it was basically a coin flip whether the S&P 500 would rise or fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Or maybe the two of them will just team up and flip a coin and decide who's first."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
On the flip side, Florida homeowners are feeling some relief as premiums cool off.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The thought made something in her stomach flip, and not in an excited way.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Even if you look slightly farther afield—specifically to a Montecito home that was bought by A-list home flipper Ellen DeGeneres in November 2025—it’s clear that price estimates don’t always reflect a home’s true value.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The three-bedroom, one-bath home was dilapidated before an out-of-state house flipper fixed it up, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
One ex-house flipper said he’d experimented with 50 AI-generated business ideas before landing on one he liked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"I picked it up and thought I saw a movement in one flipper, so I carried it back to the campsite".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
He slapped the ground with his flipper arm.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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His code is the survival of the flippest, and he talks a lingo as forthright and gamy, in its way, as a soldier’s.
From Time ● Jan. 27, 2015
His code is the survival of the flippest, and he talks a lingo as forthright and gamy, in its way, as a soldier's.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"The government has handed Australians a switch. Whether anyone flips it is another matter," Lisa Harrison, a lecturer in communication and media at Flinders University, said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
That does not mean the weather suddenly changes when the calendar flips to 1 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The stock market’s succession of calendar-year gains and losses is not completely identical to a series of coin flips, of course.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
But Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, wants people to know that today’s bipedal robots with powerful birdlike legs go way beyond “back flips and making coffee.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Jay takes my pack, flips open the MedKit.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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“I flipped the light switch on and took about two more steps, and there’s a man standing there,” Roebuck recalls, “a little short guy, holding a rifle in his hand.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Then in June, the FDA’s new leadership flipped again, agreeing to let uniQure file for approval, and the company did that earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
And when I flipped him over my back for the first time and he landed like a sack of meat, David beamed and yelled in his best “Karate Kid” voice, “Finish meeee!!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Four vehicles were involved in the crash including a grey Skoda Karoq and Renault Capture which could be seen flipped onto its roof.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
I flipped it over and felt my stomach flop sickeningly.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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She joked during final media commitments about flipping the table just to disrupt the monotony.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Lyons had ruffled feathers by flipping an organizational chart upside down at a sales meeting and urging the sales force to challenge conventional wisdom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
By flipping out at anyone who brings it up, they’re only ensuring more people are paying attention.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
This fallacy is perhaps best understood in the context of flipping a coin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Try it,” Jack said, flipping back to the blank page.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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