three-point turn
noun
: a way of turning a vehicle around in a small space by going forward, turning to one side, then backing up, turning so as to face the other direction, then going forward again
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As the driver made a three-point turn in the driveway, the footage appeared to show Reilly shoot at the car.
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ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Officers said tire tracks indicate the vehicle was driving north of Catlett to a 90-degree turn, where the driver tried to attempt a three-point turn.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
In a prior incident on March 13, Ebert allegedly pulled up his vehicle toward William Yates in the neighborhood to yell obscenities at him before making a three-point turn and driving toward him at a high speed, William Yates told investigators, according to the Times.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
After being told to leave, Jimenez tried to do a three-point turn.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Then the first car, which bore the brunt of the wave, inched backward into an apparent three-point turn before the footage cut off.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Two Waymos seem to have collided at Kearny and Vallejo streets, one headed uphill while the other faces sideways, as though attempting to execute a three-point turn.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2025
Jim, a man who has never bothered to make a three-point turn, works out of Phoenix for Southwest crime boss Ezra Saxton (Keith David, monumental as always), picking up this, delivering that.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Charles Krupa/Pool AP The prosecution alleges that Read hit O'Keefe while making a three-point turn and pulling out of Albert's driveway and left him for dead in the middle of a blizzard.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
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ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Officers said tire tracks indicate the vehicle was driving north of Catlett to a 90-degree turn, where the driver tried to attempt a three-point turn.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
In a prior incident on March 13, Ebert allegedly pulled up his vehicle toward William Yates in the neighborhood to yell obscenities at him before making a three-point turn and driving toward him at a high speed, William Yates told investigators, according to the Times.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
After being told to leave, Jimenez tried to do a three-point turn.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Then the first car, which bore the brunt of the wave, inched backward into an apparent three-point turn before the footage cut off.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Two Waymos seem to have collided at Kearny and Vallejo streets, one headed uphill while the other faces sideways, as though attempting to execute a three-point turn.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2025
Jim, a man who has never bothered to make a three-point turn, works out of Phoenix for Southwest crime boss Ezra Saxton (Keith David, monumental as always), picking up this, delivering that.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Charles Krupa/Pool AP The prosecution alleges that Read hit O'Keefe while making a three-point turn and pulling out of Albert's driveway and left him for dead in the middle of a blizzard.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
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