volte

British

/ vɒlt /

noun

a variant spelling of volt 2

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Beyond this, the reasons for the timing of the government's volte face are speculative.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

She is deeply caring of her mother but retains a wariness around her—hints of buried wounds—that helps explain her apparent volte face.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

The volte face came after a record-high euro zone inflation print.

From Reuters • Feb. 4, 2022

Also speaking on the Today Programme, Lord Ashdown, the former Liberal Democrat leader who also served as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, expressed shame at Britain’s volte face.

From Time • Aug. 31, 2013

It was not a volte face of character: that did not change.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

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