flip
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Now, she’d celebrate with a flip if she could do one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Some 28% go for the coin flip, compared with just 11% among the over-65s - their grandparents' generation.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Now it’s like watching someone flip through the pages of the menu at the Cheesecake Factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“It’s made stocks extraordinarily expensive on all sorts of measures, and on the flip side, it’s made bonds cheap on many,” Elliott says.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
I flip open the top and hold it over Len, but not a single drop falls.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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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
She ultimately had to have her flipper amputated, according to Jaros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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
"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
When it turned I reached for its hind flipper, but as soon as I touched it I recoiled in horror.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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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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But the show doesn’t start until the 79-year-old De Shields nattily flips his jacket open, to the approving roar of the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Another manufacturer, Honor, showcased an AI system for its "Robot Phone", whose interactive camera flips up on a small robotic arm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Every single one of her signature ponytail flips sent the room into hysterics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
One young restaurant owner in Havana buys used electric cars in the U.S. for $20,000 and flips them for double the price on the island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
The akrafena vibrates, flips out of my grip, and falls into Autumn’s other hand—so she’s dual-wielding her Amazon sword and Asase’s akrafena.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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"I listened to Bob Dylan and everything, like my whole world just went into the opposite - flipped," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I feel like,” Durbin said, “we’ve flipped the script.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The MV Barima was traveling from the capital Georgetown to Port Kaituma in Guyana's inland Essequibo region when it flipped over on Saturday night.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
After months of sounding the alarm on potential Federal Reserve interest-rate increases, the script suddenly flipped in the $30 trillion U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Danny flipped to the very end of the book.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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"Imagine flipping through the channels and stumbling on a film starring your deceased son or brother, knowing that someone you do not know or trust is profiting from his image without your input or consent."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
A simple comparison is repeatedly flipping a coin to decide whether to move one way or another.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
But the moment that may have sealed Argentina’s fate came in the final minutes of second-half stoppage time when Enzo Fernández clattered into Spanish center back Pau Cubarsí at midfield, flipping him head over heels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
A few years ago, he was flipping burgers in L.A., working at Starbucks, and taking whatever jobs he could find in the film or TV industry to make ends meet.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
In Auburn’s circles, spirits began performing all kinds of miracles, from flipping hats and playing the harp to suggesting appropriate medicines for sick relatives.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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