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
Another worker, who was standing on the flip-flop at the time, was thrown off the machine but avoided serious injury.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024
Knox and Sollecito were convicted in their first trial, but after a series of flip-flop verdicts, they were ultimately exonerated by Italy’s highest court in 2015.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
My stomach did a little flip-flop just thinking about all that music.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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