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[turn] / tɜrn /
















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Critics and audiences responded in turn, taking an immediate shine to Bryan’s doofiness and contrasting it with Alice’s purposeful, goal-oriented approach to a zombie apocalypse.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

While the precious metal faces pressure from U.S. dollar strength and “a hawkish turn in U.S. Fed policy,” geopolitical risks remain high and central bank purchases of gold continue, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

On March 27, 2025, according to court filings, DEA agent Michael Greisen tried a direct approach: He messaged Marset on WhatsApp, warning that he was under indictment and should turn himself in.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

Later, it was my turn to do a short interview with the prime minister on behalf of all of the broadcasters.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

Now, at the turn of 1945, the number of prisoners—mostly Americans, who are considered enemy civilians—has swelled to about four thousand.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The networks take turns serving as the primary television pooler each day.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

So, too, do the roadtrippers celebrating Route 66, which turns 100 this year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

It turns out that the taxable-equivalent spread for these two indexes hasn’t been this wide in over a year.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

Although this method requires substantial computing power, it can plan difficult movements such as aerial flips, sharp turns, and aggressive changes in body angle.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

The boy on the fiddle turns a knob on an oversize boom box, cranks up the volume, and starts strumming.

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

While about 10% of all the coins launched turned out to be outright scams, the figure for those endorsed by so-called celebrities was a staggering 45% to 48%.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

Instead, what the England all-rounder thought was a "tummy bug" turned out to be appendicitis.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

The plague of broken quarterbacks began on the season’s opening night when Darnold suffered what turned out to be a glute injury.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

And then I turned 30, and it was like the last two years I have probably changed just as much, if not more, than I did in my 20s,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Joey has always considered herself a woman of honesty and integrity, but as she’s turned away from one interview after another, she decides to invent a new past for herself.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Which may be why we keep turning tiny behaviors into evidence of enormous generational shifts.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

“Around major turning points, including the post-global financial crisis disinflation and post-pandemic inflation surge, neither diffusion measure identified inflections in the trend materially earlier than core PCE inflation,” the Nomura economists note.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

“I feel he’s really finding himself in being more elusive when he catches the ball and making plays. He’s turning a bubble screen into a 50-yard gain or first down.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

When I travel, I’ll continue turning off my devices before takeoff.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

Right now his head was bent to the side, and he was turning his fingertips in his teeth.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott




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