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Recent Examples of switcheroo
All in the Family Mini Kim and mini Khloé pulled a switcheroo with their T-shirts — a favorite pastime of theirs, according to Khloé who posted this adorable pic.
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Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Here are the entertainment industry’s top debacles, switcheroos, failures and downward trends of the year.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The switcheroo mainly involves six bolts for the main subframe, a few 100-pin electric connectors, water lines, a hydraulic link for the gearbox and a cable for the clutch.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024
The twice-yearly switcheroo is irritating enough to lawmakers of all political stripes that the US Senate passed legislation in March 2022 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Here are the entertainment industry’s top debacles, switcheroos, failures and downward trends of the year.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The switcheroo mainly involves six bolts for the main subframe, a few 100-pin electric connectors, water lines, a hydraulic link for the gearbox and a cable for the clutch.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024
The twice-yearly switcheroo is irritating enough to lawmakers of all political stripes that the US Senate passed legislation in March 2022 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switcheroo
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The move by the Trump administration is a turnabout of a long-standing U.S. policy that has extended TPS to more than a half million Venezuelans.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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But the turnabout didn't entirely make clear what happens next.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Musk has also flip-flopped about whether DOGE’s staff members are paid.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
20 Feb. 2025
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This means no shorts, no uniforms, and in Broward, no flip-flops or tank-tops.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Monkey isn’t really a Stand by Me–esque coming-of-age story, though — that’s part of Perkins’s bait and switch.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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The bait and switch was what allegedly upset some members of the cast and crew.) O’Connor was banned from SNL for life and was met with criticism from not only the religious right, but fellow celebrities, including Joe Pesci, who called her out the following week during his SNL monologue.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE’s blind cost cutting will put communities at risk.—
Tara Copp and Anthony Izaguirre,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Here’s what its workers think of Trump’s tariffs The Colombian government had to do a humiliating about-face that month after President Gustavo Petro blocked two American military planes carrying Colombian deportees from entering his country.—
Rafael Romo,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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China has been perhaps the biggest beneficiary of cheaper Russian energy in recent years, meaning a U-turn on Russian oil and gas sanctions could shake up global markets or at the very least offer the Kremlin more leverage.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Beyond the alarm in Europe at Mr. Trump’s U-turn on Russia, allies further afield will be worried about what the move portends for his broader foreign policy in the next four years.—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Feb. 2025
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And having put out five albums (plus a few EPs, covers and other tunes) in less than six years, the quick turnaround is effectively par for the course for the trio.—
Josh Chesler,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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City officials clarified Tuesday that the swift turnaround is because of the city’s 90-day deadline to finish accounting for the 2024 fiscal year that ended Dec. 31.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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The realities of Putin’s momentum, coupled with Washington’s volte-face, have led to a clear mood shift in Kyiv.—
Daryna Mayer,
NBC News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Read More: How Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pushed Through Asia’s First Cannabis Legalization Cannabis advocacy groups and businesses have voiced their opposition to the policy volte-face, staging rallies and threatening a legal challenge against the premier.—
Pathom Sangwongwanich / Bloomberg,
TIME,
27 June 2024
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Instead, multiple headwinds seem to be working in conjunction to cause the sell-off, including a reversal of technical factors that drove the previous rally.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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The result showed some diminished support for Ukraine, because previous assembly votes saw more than 140 nations condemn Russia’s aggression, demand an immediate withdrawal, and reversal of its annexation of four Ukrainian regions.—
Edith M. Lederer,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Switcheroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switcheroo. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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