as in turned back
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 turned away
But Garcia grounded into a fielder’s choice and the Royals were turned away again.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025
The Vaqueros were turned away on their first possession after driving from their 20 to the Laguna Hills 9, but such setbacks were rare.
—Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Perrin told Esquire in 2019 that after Ashley’s death, the gay community stepped up for her amid her grief, even as some of her friends turned away.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Sometimes, they’d be turned away, and other times, ignored.
—David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
This is the perspective of someone who has turned away from a chaotic and increasingly cruel world.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Gaza has cast a long shadow over the Venice Film Festival this year, starting with some uncomfortable questions about the conflict for this year’s jury and culminating in a march that was ultimately turned away from the festival’s Ground Zero.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
California Highway Patrol officers at D’Oro Court and Deer Valley Road turned away a near-constant stream of cars when the evacuation order was still in effect.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Riley, a Northern California native, who has always exuded a Zen-like geniality, was part of a generation of young American composers who had turned away from audience-alienating atonal music, which had been proselytized by their teachers in the science-minded postwar academy.
—William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025
The Vaqueros were turned away on their first possession after driving from their 20 to the Laguna Hills 9, but such setbacks were rare.
—Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Perrin told Esquire in 2019 that after Ashley’s death, the gay community stepped up for her amid her grief, even as some of her friends turned away.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Sometimes, they’d be turned away, and other times, ignored.
—David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
This is the perspective of someone who has turned away from a chaotic and increasingly cruel world.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Gaza has cast a long shadow over the Venice Film Festival this year, starting with some uncomfortable questions about the conflict for this year’s jury and culminating in a march that was ultimately turned away from the festival’s Ground Zero.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
California Highway Patrol officers at D’Oro Court and Deer Valley Road turned away a near-constant stream of cars when the evacuation order was still in effect.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Riley, a Northern California native, who has always exuded a Zen-like geniality, was part of a generation of young American composers who had turned away from audience-alienating atonal music, which had been proselytized by their teachers in the science-minded postwar academy.
—William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned away
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Later in the season, as more northern waters cool off and the main hurricane development region stays toasty, the instability dial could be turned back up.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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Clayton Kershaw has turned back the clock.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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Kay’s particular diet was a recurring talking point on the show, with condiments such as ketchup and mayo among the foods that repulsed the TV voice of the Yankees.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Generated in the furnace of the sun, it’s deposited on the moon by solar winds that are repelled from Earth by our atmosphere and magnetic field.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Like so many here, she is repelled at the suggestion that the cost of peace with Russia could be the loss of large chunks of Ukrainian land.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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Homeland Security officials said Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez resisted arrest and dragged an officer in his car.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man who resisted arrest and dragged the officer during a vehicle stop in a Chicago suburb Friday morning, according to the Department of Homeland Security.—
Priscilla Alvarez,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Turned away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20away. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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