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Recent Examples of switcheroo
This switcheroo has puzzled many scientists.
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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
Advertisement Advertisement In Freakier Friday, the mind-body switcheroo goes four ways, and more is less.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
There’s probably residual shock from the unexpected switcheroo, Andreas says.
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
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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
Advertisement Advertisement In Freakier Friday, the mind-body switcheroo goes four ways, and more is less.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
There’s probably residual shock from the unexpected switcheroo, Andreas says.
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switcheroo
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The plunge – just the latest in a string of sales drops for Musk’s once-hot EV maker – underscores the turnabout in Tesla’s fortunes.—
Ryan Hogg,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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His turnabout occurred as DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet were gathering in Orlando at the Florida Highway Patrol Troop D Headquarters for a press conference at which the governor announced the creation of a new immigration enforcement unit within the patrol.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Aug. 2025
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While prominently displayed, flip-flops weren’t the only shoes on the Balenciaga runway.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Adams stopped short of endorsing Mamdani, Cuomo or Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, instead issuing a warning to voters about radical ideals and flip-flopping candidates.—
Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Democrats worry there's a chance this option is a bait and switch, Grisales says.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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This subtle bait and switch from a national identity crisis to a personal identity crisis is imaginative and, for a time, intriguing, with Gadebois doing some very heavy lifting as the bad guy that means well but, nevertheless, behaves appallingly.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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Local housing activists were surprised by the about-face – and left frustrated.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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For Netanyahu, who up to this point has resisted an agreement to free all the hostages and end the war, the ceasefire deal marks an about-face.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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That means that unless Senate Democrats make a U-turn and accept the House-passed seven-week CR, the government would stay shuttered until early next week.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
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Making a U-turn, Akerlund ventures to Botswana on the southern tip of Africa to visit a tribe of metalheads who sport leather jackets and cowboy hats and roar around on motorcycles blasting Metallica.—
Paul Liberatore,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Council members said they were surprised by the quick turnaround and that they hadn't been shown the fine print of how the mayor had carved out this fee in his proposal.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Wilson got the ball, drove left, spun back right and launched a seven-foot turnaround jumper into history.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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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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In their new study, the team successfully applied the same time-reversal idea to optical clocks.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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The reversal follows a week of intense speculation that Escobar had rejected multiple offers and was set to leave the company for a rival promotion.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Switcheroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switcheroo. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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