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turned back
Verb
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In early 2013, having ticked her Antarctica box, Koch turned back to her other great passion and applied for admission to NASA’s 21st astronaut class.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Things got off to an inauspicious start when Air Force One was turned back by mechanical issues.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Doubled (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubled%20%28back%29. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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