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turn

[turn] / tɜrn /
















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How can you turn from being a unionist to a separatist?

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Like many newspapers, McClatchy has pursued AI tools in its newsrooms as it struggles to turn its business around.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Understanding Phobos' gravitational field is therefore a critical step toward learning how mass is distributed inside the moon and, in turn, determining how it formed.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

In turn, Nvidia—which is an investor in several AI companies, including OpenAI—is in talks to invest in Anthropic through its upcoming IPO, according to a recent Reuters report.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

The Whole Brainers will turn out to be right about the complex interconnections of the brain but wrong about the brain acting as a whole.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Bistrifluron turns that unavoidable process into a vulnerability.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

But no, this turns out to be wrong because very often people who are very vulnerable, very low income just can’t make it through the ordeal.

From Slate Sep. 19, 2026

Every summer, Seoul turns a deep green, growing dense and lush under humid skies.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Young people took turns on the ramps outside Neighbors Skate Shop.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

My already sloshy stomach turns into a churning whirlpool.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

A California judge turned down a petition to halt surcharges home insurers have been levying policyholders statewide for costs related to the January 2025 wildfires in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

Senate negotiators turned to a slew of outstanding issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

To find the source, the researchers turned to whole exome sequencing.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Discovering she could train locally turned something she watched on television into a realistic ambition.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

My former master was corrupted by dark forces, so I turned against him to save our realm.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Tucker, Max Muncy, Mookie Betts and Will Smith all homered in a five-run eighth inning, turning a nail-biter into a comfortable win.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

To find a better way to recover these materials, the researchers are turning to biology.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

The material is essential for turning electrical signals into laser light.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

Klinge avoided a whitewash and then grew in confidence, turning what once looked like a thrashing into a one-leg deficit.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

The soldiers were turning away to patrol another street.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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