flip
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On the flip side, those tailwinds have pushed shares higher, raising questions about whether their results can sustain their stock prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
It’s the mistaken belief that, after a coin comes up heads several times in a row, the chances of it coming up heads on the next flip are particularly low.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
I could flip through so many of them, so that’s where I’m going to post up for a little bit, hopefully with an iced coffee in hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Most people badly time a front flip off a five-metre platform and get winded," she said in the clip.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
I flip through mine to one of the few open pages at the end.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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
Before her, there was Porkchop, who was also rescued from the San Gabriel River with similar front flipper injuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Under a blazing sun, the green sea turtle thwapped the surface of the San Gabriel River with her sole front flipper as aquarium staffers gripped her shell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Then someone had the bright idea of creating a whole-lower-body flipper that I’d pull up over my legs and wear like shorts.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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
Online videos have shown Unitree robots performing back flips and cartwheels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
In fact, of course, the chances of a coin coming up heads are 50% with each flip, and they have nothing to do with how many heads or tails came in prior flips.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Some perform feats of strength, flips, aerial dance moves, head-first dives.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 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
The Black Book flips open and dozens of Amaris appear around the office, each with their hands lifted to the sky.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
In this case, the neutrons and protons in the nucleus essentially flipped their internal magnets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The bed almost flipped over. Tables and all the things on the tables and on top of the cupboards all fell and scattered everywhere," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Like in real estate, the Lakers were flipped by Dodgers majority owner Mark Walter after only 10 months of ownership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The S&P 500 finished July only marginally lower, and quickly returned to record territory as the calendar flipped to August.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Well, my eyes flipped open so I wouldn’t have to look at that darkness anymore.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
By flipping out at anyone who brings it up, they’re only ensuring more people are paying attention.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
This fallacy is perhaps best understood in the context of flipping a coin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
People line up and turn toward one another in pairs to salsa dance, then shift to breakdancing, spinning on their heads and flipping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Their company has been prolific at cobbling together oil-rich acreage and flipping it to other energy producers in multibillion-dollar deals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Sydney didn’t enter the room so much as she invaded it, flinging the door open and flipping on all the lights.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
