flip-flop

Example Sentences

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“The flip-flop developments in US-China tariffs war have added volatility to the market, further fueling trading activity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Overall, this might look like a wild flip-flop: A popular and widely sold supplement with some science behind it just doesn’t seem to work.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2025

Another worker, who was standing on the flip-flop at the time, was thrown off the machine but avoided serious injury.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

After years of flip-flop trials, they were exonerated in 2015, but the slander conviction endured against Knox for wrongly accusing an innocent man, the Congolese bar owner who employed her part time.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

My flip-flop slips on some loose earth, and all at once I’m skidding downhill.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed