turn away

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 No amount of spin can paper over the reality that Americans are turning away from the failing Democrat Party. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Bassini has observed the circuit of influencers and hopefuls who try a more demanding don’t-you-know-who-I-am approach, only to see them get turned away unceremoniously each time. Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025 Poison for one’s brand, such corporate drivel undermines trust in you and your company, turning away prospects. Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 In the case of Leskovec, the AI professor’s solution for the AI age is likewise to turn away from AI for testing. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turn away
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn away
Verb
  • Your LinkedIn profile transformation starts now Your profile is either attracting dream clients or repelling them.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Your attitude can repel your crush!
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Later in the season, as more northern waters cool off and the main hurricane development region stays toasty, the instability dial could be turned back up.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Clayton Kershaw has turned back the clock.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Cook, who remains at the Federal Reserve, has sued the president to resist her dismissal.
    Chris Prentice, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Other times, long rates resist or even rise, flattening the curve and blunting the Fed’s impact.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 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
  • This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
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  • Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP What To Know Obama beat off stiff competition from the likes of David Attenborough and Tom Hanks to win the Outstanding Narrator prize for his narration of the five-part Netflix series Our Oceans, which examines marine life across the world's oceans.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In 2024, it was given to Netflix France series Class Act, which beat off competition from huge hits like The Bear, Beef and Succession.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The oil-free elixir blends l-ascorbic acid, silymarin, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid to protect against free radical damage, stave off excess oil production, and clarify pores.
    Akili King, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If his first half season in charge was characterized by attritional football and a safety-first approach designed to stave off the threat of relegation, Forest cut loose last term.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Turn away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20away. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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