volte-face

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Recent Examples of volte-face Britain is not the only country pressed into making a volte-face. London Business School, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 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 Read More: How Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pushed Through Asia’s First Cannabis Legalization Cannabis advocacy groups and businesses have voiced their opposition to the policy volte-face, staging rallies and threatening a legal challenge against the premier. Pathom Sangwongwanich / Bloomberg, TIME, 27 June 2024 The Brits demanded a volte-face, thought her European stylist Tati Cotliar, fashion director of riotous cool-girl mag Buffalo Zine. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2024 But some are less positive about the apparent volte-face. WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023 By interring the theory, Chief Justice Roberts executed a transparent volte-face. Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volte-face
Noun
  • The administration is now arguing that the fund is not usable, which Kogan said is a course reversal.
    Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
  • What was the driving factor in that reversal of fortune?
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The video then about-faces towards a utopia where people have toed the left-wing climate change line and saved the planet.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Local housing activists were surprised by the about-face – and left frustrated.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Volte-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volte-face. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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