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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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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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One battle after another Craig Breslow stood in the middle of the clubhouse, his red shirt soaked and his flip-flops sticky with champagne.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 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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Medicare Advantage is a bait and switch scam & betrayal.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The about-face was announced last week in a press release aimed at the marque’s investors.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
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The union’s support is an about-face from its previous, albeit unofficial, position.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
22 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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Captain Marc Guehi, who was denied a move to Liverpool in a dramatic summer transfer deadline day U-turn, offers leadership and an exemplary ability to read the game.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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The turnaround at Ralph Lauren Ralph Lauren was staring irrelevance in the face when Procter & Gamble veteran Patrice Louvet took over as CEO and brought the fashion brand back to its luxury roots.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Here's how Nike's quarterly performance fits into CEO Elliott Hill's broader turnaround plan.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
1 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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Congressional Democrats called for the reversal of Medicaid cuts that Republicans passed earlier in 2025 and for the extension of health care subsidies to be included in a funding measure, according to USA TODAY.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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Even then, each reversal in her short life was, for her, an ascent — driven by an unyielding hunger for absolute truth and goodness, crowned at last in God.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Switcheroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switcheroo. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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