| The ardent crusade to preserve wilderness was a stunning volte-face from Americans' previous deliberate destruction of it. |
| The work shows a complete volte-face from his previous music. |
| These four factors coalesced during 1948 and led to a reassessment of policy and, finally, to a volte-face. |
| Later, critics were stunned by his apparent volte-face into peace-making. |
| This was perceived by the mass of the electorate as a volte-face if not a betrayal of electoral promises. |
| Twenty years later, in an astonishing volte-face, its members now stand for election. |
