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Recent Examples of turf
Liverpool sauntered past France’s third-best team, Marseille, on their own turf last week, overcoming an incredibly intimidating atmosphere to breeze to a 3-0 win.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The 6-year-old allowance-level mare Angelic Appeal was euthanized after being injured in a race on the Santa Anita turf course on Saturday, and the maiden 4-year-old colt Cornhuskerchris was euthanized after being injured in training on the Santa Anita training track on Sunday.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, the Chicago Symphony’s artist-in-residence, returns to sing a work specially written for her and string trio Time For Three, and director-in-waiting Klaus Mäkelä bookends his East Coast CSO tour with two home-turf appearances.
—Ellen Przepasniak, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Goldman might jump over to challenge Malliotakis instead of mounting a tricky defense against Lander, who could pick up more favorable political turf in the new map.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The 6-year-old allowance-level mare Angelic Appeal was euthanized after being injured in a race on the Santa Anita turf course on Saturday, and the maiden 4-year-old colt Cornhuskerchris was euthanized after being injured in training on the Santa Anita training track on Sunday.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, the Chicago Symphony’s artist-in-residence, returns to sing a work specially written for her and string trio Time For Three, and director-in-waiting Klaus Mäkelä bookends his East Coast CSO tour with two home-turf appearances.
—Ellen Przepasniak, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Goldman might jump over to challenge Malliotakis instead of mounting a tricky defense against Lander, who could pick up more favorable political turf in the new map.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turf
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For nearly a millennia and half, even in the centuries when physicians were beginning to supplant priests in treating the ill, epileptic convulsions (unexpected, frightening, enigmatic) remained the territory of the priest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Currently in post-production, the film is already set for distribution across German-speaking territories, with Pandora Film (Germany), Filmladen Filmverleih (Austria), and Filmcoopi (Switzerland) aboard.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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For Proust—who may have met Wilde and even been the subject of the older man’s amorous attention (though accounts of their meeting or meetings could be apocryphal)—his downfall showed that life featured far keener sorrows than those encountered in books.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Vote here The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Turf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turf. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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