as in to repel
to drive back
using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid
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Recent Examples of turn away
In 2021, visitation to Arches National Park had surged to more than 1.8 million people annually, with cars often being turned away at the entrance due to a lack of parking and road capacity.
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AFAR Media, 5 Aug. 2025
Prevailing Ukraine-skepticism inside the Trump administration may be softening as White House frustration with the Kremlin grows -- but the president, who has in the past often acted in an unpredictable and transactional manner toward Ukraine, could still turn away from Kyiv.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
Independent voters, long seen as a key swing bloc, are turning away: Civiqs finds independents more negative than positive toward Vance, while YouGov reports a 6-point increase in unfavorable sentiment and a slight drop in favorability.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
The room was filled, with several people being turned away due to the capacity limit being reached.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 30 July 2025
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AFAR Media, 5 Aug. 2025
Prevailing Ukraine-skepticism inside the Trump administration may be softening as White House frustration with the Kremlin grows -- but the president, who has in the past often acted in an unpredictable and transactional manner toward Ukraine, could still turn away from Kyiv.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
Independent voters, long seen as a key swing bloc, are turning away: Civiqs finds independents more negative than positive toward Vance, while YouGov reports a 6-point increase in unfavorable sentiment and a slight drop in favorability.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
The room was filled, with several people being turned away due to the capacity limit being reached.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn away
Verb
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Some types of soil and environmental conditions repel water, leaving plant roots and cells depleted of moisture.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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Your strongest beliefs repel the wrong people and magnetize the right ones.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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This second wave of cloud repatriation isn’t about turning back the clock.—
Mark Mahle,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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After turning back a national developer’s plan for an 800,000-square-foot warehouse, a coalition of residents in rural Connecticut is preparing to challenge the company’s new proposal to construct two buildings with a total of 700,000 square feet.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The cloud, resisted a decade ago by fashion executives concerned about ensuring IP secrecy, is now essential.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Simply toss the topper, which resists pilling, fading, and shrinking, according to the brand, in the washing machine and tumble dry on low heat for convenient maintenance.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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The price cap was rolled out to equal parts skepticism and hopefulness that the policy would stave off Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The star, which orbits within the Milky Way some 600 light-years from Earth, has long since used up its hydrogen fuel and has transitioned to fusing heavier elements in a bid to stave off its gravitational collapse.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Turn away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20away. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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