U-turn
Example Sentences
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The weather over the next few days is set to take a sharp U-turn after a week basking in warm spring sunshine.
From BBC
Asian equity markets rebounded Tuesday, an abrupt U-turn from the prior day.
A long-standing critic said "it is better to cringe and do a U-turn than do the wrong thing".
From BBC
It also recently raised prices for AI services, accelerating the U-turn taking shape in an industry previously characterized by cutthroat discounting competition.
This probably means it wouldn't be fair to brand any softening of their position, should it come, as a U-turn.
From BBC
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