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employees regarded the latest turnabout as a sure sign that management hadn't a clue as to what it was doing
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The turnabout leaves a question: How can the Times overindulge in coverage of Biden’s age one day, only to stand accused of participating in an industry-wide failure on that same issue the next day?
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Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
Some commentators argue that low turnout might actually help Democrats, in a turnabout for recent American politics.
—Nicole Narea, Vox, 24 June 2024
Criminal justice reform under siege: 'A stunning turnabout' Voters and political leaders across the country are returning to a tough-on-crime approach, in some cases reversing reforms passed just a few years ago.
—John Riley, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
That’s a sharp turnabout from what one county commissioner says Gilzean told her earlier this month: that the deadline was June 14.
—Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
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Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
Some commentators argue that low turnout might actually help Democrats, in a turnabout for recent American politics.
—Nicole Narea, Vox, 24 June 2024
Criminal justice reform under siege: 'A stunning turnabout' Voters and political leaders across the country are returning to a tough-on-crime approach, in some cases reversing reforms passed just a few years ago.
—John Riley, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
That’s a sharp turnabout from what one county commissioner says Gilzean told her earlier this month: that the deadline was June 14.
—Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
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turnabout
noun
turn·about
ˈtər-nə-ˌbau̇t 
: a change from one direction or one way of thinking or acting to the opposite
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