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Recent Examples of turf
That’s where Tours by Locals comes in—an excellent platform offering authentic travel experiences led by people who genuinely know their home turf.
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Ronny Maye, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
There’s no question Trump’s hard-hat laden, back-slap featuring, plywood-cost-concern-raising five-block journey to Powell’s home turf was surreal to watch in real time.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
The other group of Democrats is dreading a map-making arms race that the party would be waging on uneven turf, all while exposing its members to charges of hypocrisy after their years-long push for fair congressional districts.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
Local favorite Webb Simpson, whose daughter shares the tournament’s name, treats the week like a hometown reunion and often plays above form on this turf.
—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 30 July 2025
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Ronny Maye, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
There’s no question Trump’s hard-hat laden, back-slap featuring, plywood-cost-concern-raising five-block journey to Powell’s home turf was surreal to watch in real time.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
The other group of Democrats is dreading a map-making arms race that the party would be waging on uneven turf, all while exposing its members to charges of hypocrisy after their years-long push for fair congressional districts.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
Local favorite Webb Simpson, whose daughter shares the tournament’s name, treats the week like a hometown reunion and often plays above form on this turf.
—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turf
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Congress quickly passed an act making Labor Day a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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Zelensky has adamantly spoken out against the possibility of ceding territory to Russia.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Studio Museum returns, on Nov. 15, with installations devoted to its collection and history, plus a show of electric-light works by Tom Lloyd, who was the subject of the museum’s first-ever exhibition, in 1968.—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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As economist Hugh Rockoff writes, economic metrics have been the subject of political controversy since they were invented.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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