turn about
Example Sentences
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The two bowlers got similar amounts of turn, about 2.8 degrees, though Leach got more drift – 1.56 degrees to 0.75 – and was much more accurate.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024
The stolen financial information about those companies allowed Klyushin to turn a $2 million investment into nearly $21 million and the group as a whole to turn about $9 million into $93 million, prosecutors added.
From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2023
The woman felt she had nowhere to turn about what happened, since Loach was a teacher at the fire academy and he was a top-ranking member of the firefighters’ union, according to her complaint.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022
But his trajectory took an unexpected turn about five years ago when he was asked to play Scott Lang, the hero of Marvel’s “Ant-Man,” which was to be directed by Edgar Wright.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019
For four years Otis had been crazy and sane, turn and turn about, on again and off again.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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