volte-face
Example Sentences
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Although the headlines were dominated by Saylor’s apparent volte face, the bulk of Saylor’s commentary was as bullish as investors have come to expect.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
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
Critics and supporters alike referred to Mitterrand's volte face as "supply-side Socialism" - a leader of the left adopting the pro-business policies to spur economic growth associated at the time with conservative U.S.
From Reuters • Jan. 3, 2014
It was not a volte face of character: that did not change.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
