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Teams have consistently complained that buses do not come and leave when they should, or do not turn up at all.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Nandy convened a meeting with social media firms on Tuesday afternoon to discuss such abuse, but she called social media company X a "disgrace" for failing to turn up.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

In coming days photos would be posted on the streets, as if a loved one might turn up in a hospital somewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, rising bond yields were helping to turn up the temperature on a market that is starting to look overextended based on historical trends, according to an analysis from Ned Davis Research.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

It took all day to get the cats down and the dogs back, and there were two hamsters that never did turn up.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson




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