flip-flopping

present participle of flip-flop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip-flopping
Verb
  • Target was held accountable for waffling on their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While Abigail Spanberger stood with her running mate Jay Jones and his murderous fantasies, and evaded every direct question including equivocating over men being in locker rooms with girls.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And as politicians, these Supreme Court Justices are especially bristling, equivocating, and entitled, which doesn’t make for trustworthy narration.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The report concluded that mirror cells could become a reality in the next 10 to 30 years and detailed the potentially devasting consequences if mirror bacteria were released into an environment and spread, evading natural biological controls and acting as dangerous pathogens.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The film follows a Cuban socialite, an English schoolteacher, and an Irish Catholic priest in Miami who spearhead a daring operation to help more than 14,000 children escape communist indoctrination and begin new lives in America — evading Castro’s secret police at every turn.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And while analysts expect Nvidia — the undisputed leader in AI chips — to remain OpenAI’s core infrastructure partner, the ChatGPT maker is now also hedging its bets with its AMD deal.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Just last Friday alone, three of them spoke out, hedging hard on what’s to come.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In doing movements that don’t feel like a workout in the traditional sense but still leave you shaking and sore the next day.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The child who was allegedly attacked on the bus could then be seen in the footage shaking her head multiple times before the video ended.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Flip-flopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip-flopping. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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