How to Use turn the tables in a Sentence

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• However, Ormund is sickened by the blood spurting in his eyes, and Roddy turns the tables, using his remaining hand to stick a knife well into Ormund's backside.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
• Coming off a 9-0 defeat Saturday night, New York turned the tables and outhit Pittsburgh 15-4.
  — CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
• That’s why artists Harris Alterman and Dave Ross are having a little fun in the subways by posting parody ads featuring taglines meant to turn the tables on AI.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
• Of course, this conclusion is logical—the emergence of AI turned the tables on data management and organization, workflow management, task automation and many other enterprise areas.
  — Oleksandr Strozhemin, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• What starts as harmless tailing quickly evolves into something much more dangerous — Bret’s high-speed pursuit isn’t subtle, and Robert turns the tables on him by pulling over and then tapping Bret’s Mercedes 450SL from behind.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
• Eventually, their bond will sour with Raskova using her knowledge of Zoya’s scandalous paternity (Zoya’s father is heavily hinted to be either Brezhnev or a son of Brezhnev) against Irina somehow, until Irina turns the tables on Raskova herself.
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026