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flip-flopped

  • past participle
    of flip-flop.
    flip-flop
    noun
    a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
  • past tense form
    of flip-flop.
    flip-flop
    noun
    a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.

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Was he trying to target Irish-American independent or swing voters in the US, of which there are many who have flip-flopped between the Republican and Democratic party in recent years?

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

If Roberts flip-flopped Freeman and Smith, the Dodgers would go right-left-right-left-right in the first five spots, with Teoscar Hernández batting fifth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

But just a few weeks ago he flip-flopped, telling New York’s City & State that he was working on a documentary and a reality TV show, and therefore uninterested in engaging in a “messy primary.”

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2024

The player who flip-flopped between promising and problematic during an eventful 2019 seems to have taken coach Mike Tomlin’s late-season mantra “scared money don’t make money” quite literally.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

My stomach flip-flopped and my mouth went dry as flannel.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson