as in turned back
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 turned away
Defenseman Radko Gudas got an assist on the Czechs’ first score while NHL teammate Lukas Dostal turned away 37 shots in goal.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
People who turn up underdressed are turned away with regrets.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Lewis’s shot from five years away with two minutes remaining in the second overtime was turned away by Vazquez.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
During the peak of the Great Migration, the YMCA turned away 20 travelers a day.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Witnesses reportedly told police that the 31-year-old rapper tried to enter White’s private event but started arguing with the footballer when he and his friends were turned away.
—David Matthews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Soon after allegedly being turned away at the White House, Lake also bought a condo in her native Iowa, according to MS Now, perhaps to try her luck in politics there.
—The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
McNeill said many private contractors get turned away from the supply when there is salt shortage.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Censori stepped out of the limo, turned away from the cameras, and dropped her black Galliano fur to the floor to reveal herself in a nearly invisible mesh dress, sewn onto Censori by future Maison Margiela couturier Simon Carle.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
People who turn up underdressed are turned away with regrets.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Lewis’s shot from five years away with two minutes remaining in the second overtime was turned away by Vazquez.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
During the peak of the Great Migration, the YMCA turned away 20 travelers a day.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Witnesses reportedly told police that the 31-year-old rapper tried to enter White’s private event but started arguing with the footballer when he and his friends were turned away.
—David Matthews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Soon after allegedly being turned away at the White House, Lake also bought a condo in her native Iowa, according to MS Now, perhaps to try her luck in politics there.
—The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
McNeill said many private contractors get turned away from the supply when there is salt shortage.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Censori stepped out of the limo, turned away from the cameras, and dropped her black Galliano fur to the floor to reveal herself in a nearly invisible mesh dress, sewn onto Censori by future Maison Margiela couturier Simon Carle.
—Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned away
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But the group was turned back by Syrian authorities to the Roj detention camp, due to unspecified procedural problems.—
Rod McGuirk,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Vietnam turned back the Chinese over the course of nine days.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And Republicans are among those repulsed by the ongoing scandals.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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That effort quickly repulsed decent Americans.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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That idea repelled him to his core.—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
18 Feb. 2026
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Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov said air defenses repelled a missile attack and that falling debris triggered a fire at a military facility near Kotluban.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Moderna resisted, but agreed to provide test subjects with enhanced disclosures on its informed consent form, to which the FDA assented.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Black communities in Philadelphia have always resisted and mobilized for educational justice.—
Leana Cabral,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Turned away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20away. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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