about-face

Example Sentences

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Lewis, making progress sometimes requires an about-face to get back on the right road.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Kelly has done an even starker about-face on one of her favorite topics these days: trans issues, on which she used to be passably sympathetic.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Trump's apparent about-face comes months after Washington and Seoul struck a trade and security deal, capping a period of tense negotiations.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 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