turn to
verb
turned to; turning to; turns to
: to apply oneself to work : act vigorously
all hands turn to and build a church and a jail—
Mark Twain
Mark TwainExamples of turn to in a Sentence
no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully
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Because the government shutdown prevented the Bureau of Labor Statistics from issuing its jobs report for September on Friday, Wall Street is turning to alternate gauges from the private sector.
—Danny Bakst, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2025
With the ending of placements at the Civic and city-funded rooms in other CoLEAD shelters, safety ambassadors who were paid to quell the violence on Third Avenue turned to other shelter organizations.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
The international spotlight recently turned to crime in Egypt when a pharaoh's priceless bracelet was stolen from a Cairo museum and melted down – forever lost to history.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Hothead has turned to look at us now.
—Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Danny Bakst, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2025
With the ending of placements at the Civic and city-funded rooms in other CoLEAD shelters, safety ambassadors who were paid to quell the violence on Third Avenue turned to other shelter organizations.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
The international spotlight recently turned to crime in Egypt when a pharaoh's priceless bracelet was stolen from a Cairo museum and melted down – forever lost to history.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Hothead has turned to look at us now.
—Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Turn to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20to. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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