as in opposing
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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust
that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while
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as in removed
to let go from office, service, or employment
eventually, the supervisor turned off the insubordinate employee
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as in shut off
to cause to stop functioning
please turn off the fan when you're done
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This has shut off any chilly air coming down from Canada.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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As memory and thinking problems accelerate, these seniors can lose track of bills, have their electricity shut off, or be threatened with eviction.Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
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But even some of Shelton’s biggest fans are opposed to her embrace of a zero-inflation target.Matt Egan, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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France's parliament is a political mess with three ideologically opposed parties sharing power.Courtenay Brown, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Marty Baron takes aim at Fox News, Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ aspirations, and Republicans ‘wreaking havoc on the country’ In Washington, Bezos’s decision not to endorse in the 2024 race left some members of the Post’s editorial department feeling blindsided and disgusted, multiple sources told CNN.Brian Stelter, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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Unconvinced on their pitch, Yang and Rudolph’s disgusted characters begin to walk out of the board room.Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2024
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In addition to riling the MPAA, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s lurid, controversial title would end up putting it directly into the crosshairs of the nation’s squeamish and easily offended critics.Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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Even if these arguments prevail, China will not be launching U.S.-style humanitarian interventions anytime soon, but its foreign-policy makers are likely to become less squeamish about intervening in the internal affairs of other countries.Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
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Some will no doubt be put off in first glance fashion by Visa paying for shelf space.John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Virginia Baptists joined the fight in droves. Baptists, Catholics and Jews were not put off by any of the Revolution’s radical deists: a mostly unorganized group of religious thinkers who believed in God and reason, but not revelation or miracles.Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
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However, over time, the courts continued to become more hostile, arguing that things are unconstitutional in legislatures and challenging them in courts was no longer advancing a progressive agenda.Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Being hostile to crypto could chip away at the U.S. dollar’s dominance as the world’s major global reserve asset.Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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Active mainly in the early 20th century, he is best remembered now for challenging negative portrayals of African Americans in cinema by depicting genuine Black life and complex characters.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Even those who are not direct recipients of bullying but do witness it have been found to experience negative effects on their mental health and accordingly their output.Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 25 Oct. 2024
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Remember, this was the guy who smoothly grabbed Joan on the first night for private time in front of 23 other shocked competitors.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Plenty of the tunes also contain the kind of NSFW lyrics that land with shocked delight to an audience appreciative of someone getting away with a really dirty joke.Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Turned off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20off. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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