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Recent Examples of switcheroo
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jon Voight, Simon Pegg and more have also been involved in shocking face switcheroos throughout the series.
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Jack Smart, People.com, 7 May 2025
Then, once more than 1 million product applications came in the door, the FDA did a switcheroo and completely ignored the marketing plans.
—Ross Marchand, Boston Herald, 8 May 2025
Knoblauch continues deceptiveness with forward lines The Oilers made a switcheroo up front ahead of Game 3 based on what was displayed during the morning skate and in warmups.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
There may be some larger point about voyeurism or exploitation or how annoyingly fast phone batteries drain, but it’s lost beneath a simplistic twist that pulls a switcheroo and fails to do much else.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Jack Smart, People.com, 7 May 2025
Then, once more than 1 million product applications came in the door, the FDA did a switcheroo and completely ignored the marketing plans.
—Ross Marchand, Boston Herald, 8 May 2025
Knoblauch continues deceptiveness with forward lines The Oilers made a switcheroo up front ahead of Game 3 based on what was displayed during the morning skate and in warmups.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
There may be some larger point about voyeurism or exploitation or how annoyingly fast phone batteries drain, but it’s lost beneath a simplistic twist that pulls a switcheroo and fails to do much else.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switcheroo
Noun
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Ukrainians have felt stunned by the Trump administration's turnabout on Ukraine.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2025
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That’s a turnabout for the governor, who had mentioned those communities last year and in other previous statements recognizing the shooting on June 12, 2016.—
Steven Lemongello,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Adding to Target’s woes were its flip-flops on the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) issue.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
20 Aug. 2025
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Despite my reporting on the freaky shoe beat, my own footwear has stayed largely classic: nude ballet flats, black leather boots, slim flip-flops, and lace-up sneakers are all part of my regular rotation.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Now comes the bait and switch: Suzanne takes off overnight, leaving Jeanne with Gaspard and Margot.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
10 July 2025
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The first movie offered a bit of a bait and switch with a plot about a group of unlikely allies trying to survive a zombie outbreak evolving into something else entirely.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The about-face marked a sharp departure from the Biden administration’s efforts to force accountability for the role of racial discrimination in police misconduct.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
21 July 2025
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Zelensky, who has far-reaching wartime presidential powers and still enjoys broad approval among Ukrainians, was forced into a rare political about-face when his attempt to bring NABU and SAPO under the control of his prosecutor-general sparked the first nationwide protests of the war.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2025
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In the weeks since the policy U-turn, Beijing has called the chip a security risk, summoned Nvidia for explanations and discouraged its companies from using it.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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At one point, tempers flared in the drive-thru lane as a driver in a pickup truck gave up and somehow managed to pull off a U-turn, precipitating a hangry window-down exchange of epithets with the car behind him.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The analysts expressed confidence in CEO Brian Niccol’s turnaround.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2025
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In early October last year, after an injury to their starter, the San Francisco 49ers signed a kicker who knew a thing or two about quick turnarounds.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Britain is not the only country pressed into making a volte-face.—
London Business School,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The realities of Putin’s momentum, coupled with Washington’s volte-face, have led to a clear mood shift in Kyiv.—
Daryna Mayer,
NBC News,
13 Feb. 2025
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This is a reversal from 2022, the year the war started, when most favored Ukraine fighting until victory, and only a fifth wanted a negotiated end as soon as possible.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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The president’s warm remarks were a stark reversal from just four days earlier, when Trump called for Tan’s resignation and accused him of having conflicts of interest.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Switcheroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switcheroo. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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