turn back
Example Sentences
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A few days after the Skipper was seized by the U.S., the Bella 1 initially made a U-turn away from Venezuela before turning back toward the country, the analysts say.
The machines were turned off by the company during the press conference, but were turned back on about an hour after it ended, according to workers.
From Los Angeles Times
Some Soviet ships decided to turn back before reaching the quarantine line, while others were stopped and searched by US forces but cleared to proceed to Cuba.
From Barron's
The two “Chant” sculptures appear as if, were you to look away and then turn back, you’d find they had reordered themselves.
And the conversation turned back to the dating scene, which Jones correctly told Hostin “is not bleak. It’s diabolical.”
From Los Angeles Times
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