turn away

as in to repel
to drive back using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid

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Recent Examples of turn away Four hundred families were scheduled to pick up food last Friday, but many were turned away after the accident about 1 p.m. About 4,000 pounds of meat and produce, worth about $20,000, was destroyed in the accident, Bowman said. Michael Cuglietta, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025 The letter also said ICE agents will be turned away without a judicial warrant signed by a federal judge. Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025 The twin engine Embraer ERJ 175 began a climbing right turn away from the airport, and later landed successfully, data from FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, shows. Casey Tolan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025 The witness then stated that the victim had turned away from Mark in an attempt to ignore him and this is when Mark walked up to him with a plate and hit the victim on the head with the plate. Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for turn away 
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  • Intense light works wonders when repelling the creatures of meth, as do air horns and other sonic blasts.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
  • One shopper added that the fabric repels water better than the sunbrella fabrics on their other furniture.
    Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Jan. 2025
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  • Days later, on February 5, another group of 23 migrants was encountered re-entering Honduras from Guatemala after deciding to turn back from Mexico.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Celebrities like Hailey Bieber and wellness enthusiasts are getting routine NAD+ infusion therapy in an attempt to turn back the clock on aging.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • Their attorneys fought the charges and resisted the Justice Department's previous efforts to keep the cases moving forward on appeal after Mr. Trump's election win.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Tory Burch, known for its 2000s Reva ballet flat that even Oprah herself couldn’t resist wearing, is experiencing somewhat of a Tory Burch renaissance these past couple years.
    Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 11 Feb. 2025
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  • These same, once skeptical business leaders rallied around Trump in 2017 but were repulsed by many of his words and actions within eight months, withdrawing support, not returning to give him a second chance until now.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Western publics by and large have managed to stave off compassion fatigue and remain committed to helping Ukraine repulse the Russian invasion.
    Nina Jankowicz, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2023
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  • In the Trump administration's first legal bid to stave off local efforts to impede immigration operations, federal officials are asking a judge to bar the Illinois, Chicago, Cook County and the Cook County Sheriff from using local laws that protect migrants to hamper law enforcement.
    Robert Legare, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • In theory, that offers a window for Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to land a deal that could stave off the trade war — much like Canada and Mexico.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025

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“Turn away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20away. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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