about-face

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The about-face highlights the growing squeeze on fund managers who must balance mounting requests from clients who want out against the interests of investors left in the funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The about-face in oil prices quickly helped dampen a stock-market rally.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Discovery makes a high-profile about-face two years after stripping the ‘HBO’ brand from the streaming service’s name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

The stalemate had pushed the prime minister last month to make an about-face on his pledge not to force the budget through parliament without a vote, a decision he called a "partial failure".

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Along a front of some 250 miles, German soldiers did an about-face and started to retrace their steps over ground won in bitter fighting during the previous two weeks.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman