as in reversal
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
an abrupt U-turn of her support for the candidate after hearing the news of his misdeeds
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Recent Examples of U-turn
There was no U-turn at all on the part of Israeli society.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
L’Amas made a U-turn, turned on his lights and the vehicle pulled over in a strip mall parking lot on the south side of 167th Street, the police report said.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Two vessels that passed through the Strait of Hormuz stopped at the same point in the Gulf of Oman, according to Kpler, a data intelligence and analytics platform, with one vessel having made a U-turn back through the waterway.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
The Rich Starry—a Chinese tanker that tried to make a break for it yesterday—did a U-turn and is now back inside the strait.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
L’Amas made a U-turn, turned on his lights and the vehicle pulled over in a strip mall parking lot on the south side of 167th Street, the police report said.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Two vessels that passed through the Strait of Hormuz stopped at the same point in the Gulf of Oman, according to Kpler, a data intelligence and analytics platform, with one vessel having made a U-turn back through the waterway.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
The Rich Starry—a Chinese tanker that tried to make a break for it yesterday—did a U-turn and is now back inside the strait.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for U-turn
reversal
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In recent years, the state Supreme Court has agreed to review multiple high-profile cases from Santa Clara County where prosecutors challenged an appellate court’s reversal of an initial conviction.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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What followed was a series of appeals and reversals that kept Rose on (and off) death row for nearly 50 years.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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“U-turn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/U-turn. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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