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This fourth album offers a total volte-face from the rococo hip hop of Graduation, his last LP.— Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk
The din of their silence has been deafening. volte-face.— Dawg's Blawg
The Sena would never have tolerated such a volte-face, "Uddhav said.— Daily News & Analysis
America made a volte-face and turned to the setting sun.— Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty
And for all their talk of freedom, Lennan could see the volte-face his friends would be making, if they only knew.— Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works

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