flip-flopped

verb

Definition of flip-floppednext
past tense of flip-flop
as in waffled

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  1. evaded
  2. shunned
  3. shook
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  • The free kick evaded Arsenal’s attackers, ending up in the net.
    Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The drone had evaded Israeli air defenses by approaching Israel from its Mediterranean coast.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of evaded
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  • After spending a year in Europe together, the pair were effectively shunned from Chicago society.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Otherwise, the country will continue to be regarded as a hostile enclave, to be shunned by the world.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
Definition of shunned
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  • Vance’s wife, Usha, and Walz’s wife, Gwen, also made their way to the stage and shook hands.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The image of the entire country under simultaneous attack – shared repeatedly on social media and in news reports – shook Israelis.
    Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of shook
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