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using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid
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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.
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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
Everyone is welcome and nobody is turned away for inability to pay, the news release stated.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Still, cancer patients regularly report being turned away.
—Sue Williamson, Allure, 23 Jan. 2025
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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
Everyone is welcome and nobody is turned away for inability to pay, the news release stated.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Still, cancer patients regularly report being turned away.
—Sue Williamson, Allure, 23 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for turn away
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“Turn away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20away. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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