turned around

Definition of turned aroundnext
past tense of turn around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned around
Verb
  • One of the poets inspired by Browne is Dave Bengtson, who says Browne changed his life and became a good friend.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But the political landscape has changed, thanks to a redistricting shakeup that created a deep blue district anchored by Salt Lake City.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • With the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway between Iran and Oman where roughly a fifth of the world's oil typically passes through, remaining largely closed after the Iran war began, oil prices have fluctuated, climbing around 40% since the beginning of the war, which is now in its fourth week.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Wait times at George Bush Intercontinental Airport have fluctuated between from as long as 4 hours to as little as 35 minutes in recent days.
    John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The variant is a member of the Omicron family and is highly mutated, with 70 to 75 mutations.
    Sandra Temko, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • As the virus has mutated, the mRNA platform has allowed scientists to update COVID vaccines to better match the most prevalent strains.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Ochai Agbaji scored 18 points in 25 minutes off the bench and the Brooklyn Nets snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 116-99 win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The Arizona Wildcats snapped their Final Four drought on Saturday night with an Elite Eight victory over Purdue in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The overarching takeaway of the study was that the benefits of crying greatly depended on the reason for why the participants were crying in the first place — which also varied depending on gender.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Conditions have varied during season openers at the ballpark.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After the breach, North Carolina public schools, including CMS, shifted to a new student data system known as Infinite Campus, beginning this school year.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Now, with The Masters looming, the conversation has shifted from whether Woods will play… to how the sport, and its biggest broadcast partner, will handle his absence and the controversy surrounding it.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The show that began as a bottom-up look at the cutthroat world of finance has metamorphosed into something more dismal.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The pressure and heat of deep burial and tectonic events over eons have transformed the silt into a hard metamorphic rock, and the microbial carbon in it has metamorphosed into graphite.
    Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Never wavered in staying true to his values.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Several other Democrats have wavered or remained silent about supporting their caucus’s current leader, with Warner being the latest.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Turned around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20around. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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