flip
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After the vote, though, those incentives could flip.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
“That’s an easy part to start to flip to support our native species.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
There’s a flip side to Anthropic’s $80.7 billion net loss for the first half of this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
That marked a dramatic flip from the first round of voting on Oct.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
I rub my eyes, and my vision clears just in time for me to see Woo flip over a giraffe.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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
Formally known as CM2502, Porkchop got her nickname when she chowed down shortly after losing her front right flipper, which was severely constricted by fishing line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Now I’m imagining Turtle Beach: pale gold sands marked by the flipper prints of a very special turtle!
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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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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In particular, radiation can cause "transient bit flips" that unexpectedly change information stored in computer memory, potentially disrupting software.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
The song flips both “Romeo” and “Always Be There” by aughts-defining electronic duo Basement Jaxx and turns it into a thumping dance pop tune.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The idea flips the conventional hybrid concept: Instead of supplementing a gas engine with a small battery, the gas engine would feed power to the battery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That does not mean the weather suddenly changes when the calendar flips to 1 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
She flips her backpack around, so it’s on her front, and unzips it.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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But since the start of 2026, that dynamic has been flipped on its head, as investors have become increasingly unwilling to pay up for the lofty earnings growth that Wall Street analysts are expecting.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
There was a lot of smoke and confusion, he said, and described seeing the train "completely flipped over" when he stepped outside.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Two games into the postseason, that script has flipped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
But that gap has nearly vanished, and last week the spread briefly flipped negative for the first time since 2019, according to Dow Jones Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Another lovely day in Scotland,” he muttered as he flipped up the collar of his overcoat and braced for the cool, damp air that would greet them outside the station.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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Even where rainfall was nearer to average, the rain did not fall continuously as is typical during the monsoon, instead flipping between long dry spells and extreme rainfall.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Still, some factors keep Sur from flipping completely bullish.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Sales volumes were up 0.5% on month, flipping the 0.5% fall in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The result: Almost a third of the Dutch gold reserve is in London and a still chunky 19% in New York, flipping their earlier positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Girls under the age of eighteen,” Klaus said, flipping to another part of the book, “can marry if they have the permission of their legal guardian. That’s Count Olaf.”
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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