volte
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Beyond this, the reasons for the timing of the government's volte face are speculative.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
She is deeply caring of her mother but retains a wariness around her—hints of buried wounds—that helps explain her apparent volte face.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
U-turns are clearly in the air this week, with Elon Musk's volte face on buying Twitter on Tuesday following Britain's top rate tax cut reversal and this week's new-quarter relief bounce in stock markets.
From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2022
Some people were enraged by Koum’s volte face in particular, accusing him of rank hypocrisy.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2018
It was not a volte face of character: that did not change.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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