flip-flop

Example Sentences

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“The flip-flop developments in US-China tariffs war have added volatility to the market, further fueling trading activity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Overall, this might look like a wild flip-flop: A popular and widely sold supplement with some science behind it just doesn’t seem to work.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2025

The 48-year-old led a group of four engineers tasked with replacing a Trisomat screen, known colloquially as a "flip-flop", at a materials recycling facility on Twelvetrees Crescent in Bow, east London.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

Knox and Sollecito were convicted in their first trial but after another round of flip-flop verdicts, they were ultimately exonerated by Italy’s highest court in 2015.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

His stomach did a slow flip-flop and he heard it growl.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright