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Recent Examples of switcheroo
Last week was a mixed bag of untimely injuries, the ole switcheroo and just some men underperforming.
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Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This switcheroo has puzzled many scientists.
—Deborah Fuller, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
This switcheroo has puzzled many scientists.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
As Democrats proved last year with the first presidential nominee switcheroo in the modern era and as both parties showed during the COVID pandemic, the parties themselves have nearly complete control over how and when their nominees are chosen.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
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Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This switcheroo has puzzled many scientists.
—Deborah Fuller, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
This switcheroo has puzzled many scientists.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
As Democrats proved last year with the first presidential nominee switcheroo in the modern era and as both parties showed during the COVID pandemic, the parties themselves have nearly complete control over how and when their nominees are chosen.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switcheroo
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The rapid turnabout raises questions about the status of the investigation and the community’s safety three days after a suspect opened fire on the Ivy League campus, killing two students and injuring nine others.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
16 Dec. 2025
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That decline, a sharp turnabout from October, was led by businesses with fewer than 50 workers, which saw their payroll numbers sink by 120,000.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This method depends on the fact that Earth’s magnetic field flip-flops every few hundred thousand years.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
7 Jan. 2026
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The weather flip-flop looks set to continue into January, with afternoon peak temps this week approaching 80 degrees, while morning lows next weekend drop back into the 30s and 40s.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Jan. 2026
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In addition to preventing a future bait and switch, Campillo has gone further in his plan to help the city regain credibility.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Dec. 2025
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With the sudden reveal that most of these kids aren’t our heroes after all, Welcome to Derry delivers a stunning bait and switch.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Oct. 2025
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In an about-face on Monday, a federal judge has decided to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine if Luigi Mangione’s backpack was lawfully seized and searched inside an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s during his arrest.—
Julia Bonavita , Maria Paronich,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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The forthcoming announcement would mark an about-face for FEMA officials, who repeatedly resisted calls to test properties for toxic substances after federal contractors finished removing fire debris.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Head coach Curt Cignetti has left the college football world breathless with a dramatic turnaround of the Hoosiers program, going from one of the losingest teams in the Big 10 to potentially the most dominant single-season of all time.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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In the meantime, the Lake Worth school district will operate as normal and focus on implementing a comprehensive turnaround plan focused on foundational literacy and math, officials said.—
Samuel O'Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Kremlin has denied any such request was made, which tells you something about how Moscow views the optics of this diplomatic volte-face.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
22 Dec. 2025
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Adding to his administration’s volte-face, Biden was on the verge of a big bang in the U.S.-Saudi relationship when Hamas derailed the effort with its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.—
Dana L. Stroul,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Nov. 2025
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According to police, the driver ignored commands to stop, made a U-turn and sped away.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Jan. 2026
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However, in December, a full-scale review by the official body that determines how royals and other VIPs are protected was granted, marking a U-turn from the government.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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To the contrary, though the film is frequently funny, Brewer takes their ambitions and reversals seriously.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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State officials said Thursday that the FBI would be solely in charge of Wednesday's deadly encounter, in a reversal from earlier beliefs that the probe would be a dual federal-state effort.—
Maggie Vespa,
NBC news,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Switcheroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switcheroo. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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