flip-flop
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“It almost feels like we’re not being taken seriously as human beings with needs. Like, we’re just being taken through this crazy obstacle course where they have all these rules that flip-flop on us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“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
The 48-year-old led a group of four engineers tasked with replacing a Trisomat screen, known colloquially as a "flip-flop", at a materials recycling facility on Twelvetrees Crescent in Bow, east London.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
The roof of the car was getting hot, and Trip stretched his legs down the windshield, poking the wipers with the toe of his flip-flop.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Just three years ago, Kioshi employed nearly 120 people and produced 40,000 pairs of sneaker and flip-flops a month in the south of Buenos Aires.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
That one guy who lives ’round the corner who has three pet ferrets and wears flip-flops all year long.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Don't forget to check the condition of your feet - the skin can dry out quickly in open footwear like flip-flops.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The opening act of a week spent in flip-flops and sunscreen.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
"She came with her own little flip-flops and surfboard."
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
Was he trying to target Irish-American independent or swing voters in the US, of which there are many who have flip-flopped between the Republican and Democratic party in recent years?
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But Geragos and the brothers’ legal team say that Sirhan has, over the years, flip-flopped about his guilt and, while in prison, insisted he is innocent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
The player who flip-flopped between promising and problematic during an eventful 2019 seems to have taken coach Mike Tomlin’s late-season mantra “scared money don’t make money” quite literally.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
The governor has flip-flopped on one highly inconsequential matter: how to pronounce his name.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
His belly flip-flopped like he was on a roller coaster.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The experiential overhaul brings the legacy brand closer to trendy competitors that appeared on the scene while Claire’s was flip-flopping in and out of bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"This sort of flip-flopping is, in my opinion, detrimental to that route that the industry seemed to be taking towards this idea of really putting consumer privacy at the forefront."
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
"We lost a lot of public trust because of some of the flip-flopping advice."
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2024
As chaotic as that flip-flopping sounds, De Oliveira says she’s since found “more maturity, calm and peace.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
But it kept flip-flopping around down there, impossible to hit.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
