turn aside
Example Sentences
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Then this week, it took the judge all of one day to turn aside Meadows’ request for an emergency stay of that ruling pending appeal.
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2023
It was so lopsided, that at one point Shesterkin was forced to turn aside three shots after losing his stick behind the goal.
From Fox News • Nov. 1, 2021
Her best stop came 20 seconds after Clark scored, when she held her ground to turn aside Hayley Scamurra’s backhander from in tight off a Canada turnover in its own end.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021
In turn, aside from grilling outside, she prefers to make everything she can in her Le Creuset Dutch oven.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2021
I was told, informed of that too, though not by Jones this time but by someone else kind enough to turn aside and tell me he was dead.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
