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The about-face also could provide an avenue for three-time Olympian David Hearn and other defendants to sue the government and press for sanctions against the prosecutors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who had previously advocated against any type of slowdown and accused Anthropic of fear marketing, has made an about-face after the OpenAI-Hugging Face hacking incident.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

In an apparent about-face, Strategy disclosed on Monday a bitcoin monetization program that could include selling the cryptocurrency to build up its U.S. dollar reserves, as well as fund repurchases of common stock.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Kelly has done an even starker about-face on one of her favorite topics these days: trans issues, on which she used to be passably sympathetic.

From Slate May 6, 2026

Every time he gets to where I’m standing, he does an about-face and walks in the other direction.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead

But it wasn’t long before Musk abruptly about-faced and effectively banned the student from X, accusing Sweeney of endangering his personal safety.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2024

"They know who it is?" asked Slaight, who had about-faced and was marching next to the guy who had whispered the news.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2023

But then Washington about-faced, easing banking restrictions for six months to allow earthquake relief to flow freely to Syria.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2023

But the Supreme Court about-faced, ruling 5-4 in the 1871 cases Knox v.

From Salon Oct. 15, 2020

Ben walked down to his father, saluted him sharply, about-faced and shouted, “Dis-missed.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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