turn against
Example Sentences
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Women are affected far more often than men, in part because the immune changes that protect pregnancy can later make the immune system more likely to turn against the body.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
A once-strong ruler weakens, her supporters turn against her, and a dramatic change in leadership follows.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025
“He goes, ‘I’ve had a room of 6,000 people turn against me.’
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
He might even turn against Putin—whom he has openly admired for many years—for dissing his high-profile plan to end the war.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2025
Of all of us, she thought, I am surely the one least likely to turn against the others.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
