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Winning that game was the turning point of the team's season.
That job was a major turning point in her career.
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Known as Bloody Sunday, the deadly attack proved to be a turning point in the Troubles, a sectarian conflict that devastated Northern Ireland between the late 1960s and the late 1990s.
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Theresa McKinney, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
But Abu Ghraib would mark a turning point in how the war on terror was viewed by many people in the United States and around the world, offering an early glimpse of the abuses and excesses that would stain the campaign and the reputation of the United States.
—Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
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Theresa McKinney, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
But Abu Ghraib would mark a turning point in how the war on terror was viewed by many people in the United States and around the world, offering an early glimpse of the abuses and excesses that would stain the campaign and the reputation of the United States.
—Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Turning point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turning%20point. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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