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synonyms for turning
- cut
- pass
- spin
- swing
- twist
- arc
- bend
- circle
- circulate
- corner
- eddy
- ground
- gyrate
- gyre
- incline
- loop
- negotiate
- orbit
- oscillate
- pirouette
- pivot
- roll
- rotate
- round
- sway
- swivel
- twirl
- vibrate
- weave
- wheel
- whirl
- wind
- yaw
- circumduct
- come around
- go around
- go round
- hang a left
- hang a right
- make a left
- make a right
- move in a circle
- pass around
- take a bend
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- convert
- return
- shift
- move
- transform
- twist
- switch
- swing
- change
- swerve
- depart
- curve
- vary
- direct
- sidetrack
- pivot
- whip
- whirl
- sheer
- inverse
- relapse
- subvert
- retrace
- invert
- alternate
- diverge
- upset
- about-face
- swirl
- sway
- deviate
- wheel
- detour
- zigzag
- tack
- recoil
- detract
- capsize
- incline
- veer
- revert
- alter
- backslide
- aim
- digress
- regress
- loop
- call off
- double back
- go back
- redirect
- shunt
- volte-face
- change position
- face about
- rechannel
- shy away
- convert
- run
- form
- get
- transform
- go
- put
- become
- translate
- come
- change
- transmute
- mutate
- fashion
- render
- modify
- transpose
- metamorphose
- remodel
- shape
- wax
- transfigure
- divert
- mold
- alter
- vary
- remake
- refashion
- change into
- grow into
- pass into
- decay
- curdle
- taint
- crumble
- putrefy
- sour
- spoil
- disintegrate
- ferment
- molder
- rot
- dull
- decompose
- acidify
- become rancid
- break down
- go bad
- go
- give
- run
- throw
- look
- repair
- incline
- recur
- lend
- tend
- devote
- prefer
- direct
- utilize
- employ
- favor
- bend
- undertake
- address
- apply
- appeal
- approach
- be predisposed to
- have recourse
- turn one's energies to
- turn one's hand to
- discompose
- unsettle
- revolt
- upset
- undo
- nauseate
- unbalance
- disgust
- derange
- disorder
- unhinge
- make one sick
- renounce
- repudiate
- influence
- tergiversate
- rat
- persuade
- prejudice
- renege
- retract
- apostatize
- desert
- go over
- bring round
- change sides
- prevail upon
- talk into
- tergiverse
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- make well
- maintain
- leave alone
- leave
- depart
- break
- stop
- stay
- keep
- hold
- stagnate
- surrender
- remain
- persist
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When you typed a message, the turning wheels and the web of wiring inside them scrambled it.
HACKERS THRIVE ON THE WEAK LINK IN CYBERSECURITY: PEOPLEGERSHOM GORENBERGFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis rather unfounded optimism for the future is an important part of tradition when it comes to the turning of the calendar year.
WHY OUR SUPERSTITIOUS NEW YEAR’S EVE TRADITIONS ARE SO IMPORTANTSARAH TODDDECEMBER 31, 2020QUARTZIt seems like a machine, so I’m just ready to be one of the turning parts of it.
IN JOSH BELL, THE NATIONALS ADDED A BIG BAT. NOW MIKE RIZZO MIGHT SEARCH FOR ANOTHER.JESSE DOUGHERTYDECEMBER 26, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe Battle of Gettysburg that July is now seen as the war’s turning point, but Lincoln had yet to even issue the Emancipation Proclamation when he fell ill.
THE DISEASE THAT ALMOST FELLED ABRAHAM LINCOLNFIONA ZUBLINOCTOBER 4, 2020OZYIn fact, variolation saw a crucial turning point in American nearly half a century earlier—and was already widely used in India, Africa, and Turkey by that time.
PIG SEX AND CELERY HAVE A SURPRISING CONNECTIONPOPSCI STAFFSEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCETwin landmark studies published Thursday in the journal Science showed that insufficient interferon may lurk at a dangerous turning point in SARS-CoV-2 infections.
COVID-19 SCIENTISTS FLAG KEY IMMUNE FUNCTION AS A TURNING POINT IN LIFE THREATENING CASESKDUNN6SEPTEMBER 25, 2020FORTUNEThat was a turning point where we evolved from just a pure manufacturer to also an inventor and developer of new vaccines.
‘WE’RE RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK’: THE CEO OF THE SERUM INSTITUTE OF INDIA ON HIS COMPANY’S COVID-19 VACCINE CAMPAIGNERIKA FRYSEPTEMBER 21, 2020FORTUNEWhen he had finished, she took them from his hand, and turning them round in agitated silence, examined their seals and writing.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThere was a great comparing of papers, and turning over of leaves, by Fogg and Perker, after this statement of profit and loss.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENSOf silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO TURNING
- alive
- astir
- at work
- bustling
- effective
- efficacious
- exertive
- flowing
- functioning
- going
- hasty
- impelling
- in force
- in play
- in process
- mobile
- movable
- moving
- operating
- operative
- progressive
- pushing
- rapid
- restless
- rolling
- running
- rushing
- rustling
- shifting
- simmering
- speeding
- speedy
- streaming
- swarming
- traveling
- turning
- walking
- working
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