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  • present participle of turn.
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turning

[tur-ning] / ˈtɜr nɪŋ /






ADJECTIVE
whirling
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The pendulum is bound to swing the other way, despite the Stones’s insistence that there is “no turning back.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Maybe turning video games into Netflix isn’t a good idea, though that seems to be working for PlayStation.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

Slate’s Lizzie O’Leary chatted with comedian Tim Heidecker about how he’s turning Alex Jones’ conspiracy empire on its head.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Third, in the past, Fed policy turning hawkish has often been an indicator of a peak for a high-valuation, densely concentrated bull market.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Without turning around, still looking at me, not at the gun, he shouts, “Riley, Eb, let’s be moving on. I admire this boy. He’s ready to defend his land.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"We get a lot of head turnings, if people are driving by, you can tell by their eyes they're just like, what?"

From BBC Oct. 13, 2025

His initial Sleeping Beauty Castle was built utilizing plywood, PVC, wood turnings and cast resin veneer, but he has since updated the structure with largely polyurethane foam boards and 3D-printed materials.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2024

“The safest road to Hell is the gradual one,” Screwtape reminds Wormwood, “the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”

From The New Yorker May 20, 2019

“My publishing history’s just so checkered with sudden reversals, ups and downs, confusions, wrong turnings, and at the end of my life, virtually, it seems like things are starting to work out,” he said.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2018

Lizzie Griffin, who belonged to the toe, grinned at the crab’s frantic turnings as it tried to sort out claws and legs.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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