volte face

Example Sentences

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What has happened since has been a testament to the volte-face Shaw's career has undergone.

From BBC

McConnell’s less than subtle volte-face has been widely condemned as rank hypocrisy.

From The Guardian

Though it’s happier about other things: “New BBC chief orders Rule, Britannia U-turn” – at last, a chance to report on someone other than the PM and his ministers doing a volte-face.

From The Guardian

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, cheered the postmaster's volte-face on Tuesday, telling reporters: "They felt the heat and that's what we were trying to do, make it too hot to handle."

From BBC

The volte-face comes days after the interior minister, Christophe Castaner, announced the controversial technique was to be dropped after two weeks of French protests following the death of George Floyd in the United States.

From The Guardian