using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid
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Steve Rubell, as a sort of publicity stunt, had started turning away celebrities in order to make the newspapers.—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025 People, including Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan, were turned away due to the worsening security situation.—NPR, 12 Oct. 2025 This time around, while Chambers remains turned away, Teasdale crouches with an unsettling smile and long fingernails, conjuring a skin-crawling suspense.—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025 Coders are now turning away from many of the public expressions of interest in different languages (like Google searches and Stack Exchange queries), which have served as key metrics for the ranking since 2013.—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turn away
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