as in reversal
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
an abrupt U-turn of her support for the candidate after hearing the news of his misdeeds
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Recent Examples of U-turn
Trailing 1-0 at home against Burnley at half-time, Forest turned things around in the second half on Sunday, courtesy of an exceptional individual performance from Gibbs-White, who was on the verge of joining Spurs last July before a last-minute U-turn.
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Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
There was no U-turn at all on the part of Israeli society.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
L’Amas made a U-turn, turned on his lights and the vehicle pulled over in a strip mall parking lot on the south side of 167th Street, the police report said.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Two vessels that passed through the Strait of Hormuz stopped at the same point in the Gulf of Oman, according to Kpler, a data intelligence and analytics platform, with one vessel having made a U-turn back through the waterway.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
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Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
There was no U-turn at all on the part of Israeli society.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
L’Amas made a U-turn, turned on his lights and the vehicle pulled over in a strip mall parking lot on the south side of 167th Street, the police report said.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Two vessels that passed through the Strait of Hormuz stopped at the same point in the Gulf of Oman, according to Kpler, a data intelligence and analytics platform, with one vessel having made a U-turn back through the waterway.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for U-turn
reversal
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At the core of today’s tensions are ideological reversals.—
Sarah DaVanzo,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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The reversal was one of the earliest signs that Miller’s influence is on the wane.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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“U-turn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/U-turn. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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