flip
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On the flip side, Belgium at $725 billion and Ireland at $714 billion would be economies he could fall behind if the Musk industrial complex fell into a bear market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
It’s hard to go from an at-home setting to trying to find a way to flip the switch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Manchester United constantly seem to flip between feast and famine, when often they've simply been fine.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
To perform one somersault after another, the robot must slow down in exactly the right way so that it begins each new flip under the proper conditions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
I put down the binoculars and felt my stomach flip, as though I’d been cornered.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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
"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
The fingers were fused together like a flipper.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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
But according to Wainwright, she particularly enjoyed spending time in the surf town: “She loved doing her flips in Laguna.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Although this method requires substantial computing power, it can plan difficult movements such as aerial flips, sharp turns, and aggressive changes in body angle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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 government has handed Australians a switch. Whether anyone flips it is another matter," Lisa Harrison, a lecturer in communication and media at Flinders University, said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Lily flips through the newspaper until she recognizes the big square with the astrology signs.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Donald Campbell died aged 45 when the hydroplane flipped into the air and disintegrated as he attempted a water speed record.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The mayor flipped areas that supported Rick Caruso in 2022 and led the pack among Latino-majority neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I flipped the light switch on and took about two more steps, and there’s a man standing there,” Roebuck recalls, “a little short guy, holding a rifle in his hand.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Then in June, the FDA’s new leadership flipped again, agreeing to let uniQure file for approval, and the company did that earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
She flipped it over, brushed it off, and tightened a few screws.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Sales volumes were up 0.5% on month, flipping the 0.5% fall in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In those famous cases that led to crises, the Fed was flipping the narrative; in this case, it is simply trying to find a level of rates that would put some downward pressure on inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
She joked during final media commitments about flipping the table just to disrupt the monotony.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
By flipping out at anyone who brings it up, they’re only ensuring more people are paying attention.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The shadowy illusion around us blinks from darkness to light and back, like someone is flipping a switch.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
