change of heart
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A stepmother or stepfather may promise their spouse the world while both parties are living, but have a change of heart the day after their spouse’s funeral.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Despite the World Bank’s change of heart, industrial policy still has its critics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
"I've had a different creative change of heart," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
It isn’t so much the earnings, but excitement about the airline’s guidance for 2026 that is behind the analysts’ abrupt change of heart.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Vernon Dursley had been changing his mind every twenty-four hours for the past four weeks, packing and unpacking and repacking the car with every change of heart.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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