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Unfortunately, our otherwise exceptional stay took an unexpected turn about a week after checkout.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

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

Federal regulations state animals must have “enough space to turn about normally while standing, to stand and sit erect, and to lie in a natural position,” and IATA’s guidelines are quite similar.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

All the time they were to go on bleeding, turn about, until the best knight in the world had tended them and salved them with his hands.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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