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turnabout

[turn-uh-bout] / ˈtɜrn əˌbaʊt /


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In the first half of the 20th century, puppet shows at downtown’s Olvera Street Theatre and West Hollywood’s Turnabout Theater regularly sold out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

“You’ve probably seen that famous photo of Albert Einstein holding a marionette of himself. That was a marionette that those guys made at the Turnabout Theater.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

Turnabout may be fair play, but it’s foul morality.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2017

Turnabout is fair play, naturally, but this righteous backlash obscures something much more potent: how strong modern female country music has been lately.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2015

Turnabout may not always be fair play in the gulfs between the stars.

From No Hiding Place by Smith, Richard R.




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