How to Use about-turn in a Sentence
about-turn
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First, a dramatic about-turn by the United States.
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Vasco Cotovio,
CNN Money,
11 Dec. 2025
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And while this about-turn is leading headlines today, the war in Iran continues to cast a shadow over the trip.
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Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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The specific reasons behind the about-turns are not clear, as both Iraq and Pakistan had earlier received approvals from Iran to transit the strait.
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Weilun Soon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Talk of retribution is precisely the opposite of what markets had hoped for, and is a further about-turn from the White House on relations with Beijing.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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The revelations represent a stunning about-turn in a case for which Azevedo had yet to appear in court to face felony charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and lying to a government agency, which could carry up to 20 years on the most serious count.
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Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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That was only the latest about-turn by the government, which despite enjoying a sizable majority in the House of Commons, has gained a reputation for turning tail whenever Labour backbenchers oppose a policy.
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Will Standring,
Bloomberg,
14 Jan. 2026
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