turnstile

Example Sentences

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It closes a chapter on a very specific New York experience — the practiced wrist flick, the second swipe after a buzzer, the quiet victory when the turnstile finally unlocked.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

On this day, that turnstile created a chance encounter in the Seattle airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

These days, a family of three could expect to pay at least $700 just to get in the turnstile with Park Hopper tickets at the Disney theme parks in Anaheim.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024

When Diane Hirsh Theriault’s co-worker returned from lunch to Google’s Cambridge, Mass., office one afternoon in October, his work badge couldn’t open a turnstile.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

I pushed through the turnstile to get away from them.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter