ringing the changes
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In total there were 22 bowling switches, Cummins ringing the changes more than any other captain at this World Cup.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023
Chelis is supposedly ringing the changes from an already transformed Chivas side that had the local Columbus announcers confessing to not knowing who "half these guys" were during last week's game.
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2013
Weller is ringing the changes at Argos, which last had a makeover at the millennium.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
Name the day! name the day! name the day!" continued Jack, ringing the changes on the words; "name the day!
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by De Mille, James
And so on, ringing the changes on a thousand wonderful conceits and whimsicalities that come tumbling out one after another in inexhaustible sequence and with uninterrupted volubility.
From Charles Dickens as a Reader by Kent, Charles Foster