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Recent Examples of turf
That performance, in which the group sang about the exploits of El Mencho, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in front of a cartoon portrait of him, not only ended the band’s plans for a US tour but left them the subject of a criminal investigation on their home turf.
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Max Saltman, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
At the start of the game, things were less clear, partly due to the smoke that billowed across the Wembley turf from red flares in the Palace end.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal, other targets of his wrath, have not become American turf yet.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
That was his first test not on turf, but Turfway Park runs on a synthetic surface, meaning that this runner will be making his first start on dirt in a huge field with experienced, talented runners.
—Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Max Saltman, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
At the start of the game, things were less clear, partly due to the smoke that billowed across the Wembley turf from red flares in the Palace end.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal, other targets of his wrath, have not become American turf yet.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
That was his first test not on turf, but Turfway Park runs on a synthetic surface, meaning that this runner will be making his first start on dirt in a huge field with experienced, talented runners.
—Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turf
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The four-day military clash between India and Pakistan was the most expansive fighting in half a century between the two nuclear-armed countries, with the skies lighting up night after night along the vast boundary dividing them and deep inside their territories.—
Agnes Chang,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Here’s a truly global company adapting its marketing strategy to suit different audiences in different territories with different tastes.—
Tim Wragg,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Just 11 days earlier, a different resignation had been the subject of conversation when Sir Alex Ferguson picked up the phone to one particular United fan.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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Thirty-six subjects were divided into three groups and randomly assigned one tablespoon per day of either local, unfiltered honey, pasteurized honey or corn syrup with honey flavoring.—
Jeremy Tanner,
The Hill,
10 May 2025
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“Turf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turf. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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