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Just last month, the majority of the commission had a change of heart and pumped the brakes on the plan over financing concerns.—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026 Hauschild’s change of heart on the issue likely won’t result in immediate changes and Monday’s 34-33 vote could be the last major action on gun policy in 2026.—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026 Lucky has a change of heart and apologizes, the animals take down Napoleon and the evil capitalistic Pilkington.—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 Moyes had come close to returning to Everton on three separate occasions, most notably in December 2019, when he was verbally offered the role, before Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli dismissal prompted a late change of heart from then-owner Farhad Moshiri.—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for change of heart