turned over

past tense of turn over
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as in relinquished
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak

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as in flipped
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing would you mind turning the picture over so I can see if the backing needs to be replaced

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Recent Examples of turned over At least 10 states have voluntarily turned over the personal information of millions of voters to the Justice Department. Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026 At this point, all the waters in the lake have literally turned over. Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026 The teen's body was turned over to the Floyd County Coroner's Office for a death investigation, which is ongoing, the Floyd County Police Department and the Rome-Floyd Fire Department said. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Green's office started seeing dozens of properties turned over to different LLCs. Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 24 June 2026 The store turned over its windows and breezeway in the 59th Street flagship to the activewear brand, resulting in sales that more than doubled its past volume, Newell said. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 Federal immigration officials are urging New York authorities not to release a 59-year-old Salvadoran national accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on Long Island, warning that he should be turned over to ICE if released from local custody. Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 According to police records obtained by ABC News, the guns, ammunition and other tactical gear that was taken from Tycen Proper's room by his family was located at the home of his grandfather and turned over voluntarily to the to the Knox County Sheriff's Office for safekeeping. Jack Date, ABC News, 19 June 2026 Medallia, a software company that runs customer-satisfaction polls, was turned over to its lenders yesterday after being unable to pay its debt. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 June 2026
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Verb
  • Briscoe came out of the pits with the lead with 42 laps to go and never relinquished it despite a strong push from Bell.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2026
  • Willow Nightingale relinquished the championship in May due to a shoulder injury that also forced her out of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, leading AEW to create this match to crown a new champion.
    Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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  • Voters have already handed a good chunk of democracy itself over to nationalist, religious and ideological fascism.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The regent turned to the 15-year-old boy and handed him full political power, five years ahead of schedule.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
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  • The union argued the March judgment is still in effect because no court has put it on hold or overturned it.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The restrictions were overturned late last month following weeks of discussions that led to Anthropic creating additional cybersecurity safeguards for its technology.
    Lorelei Smillie, Fortune, 9 July 2026
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  • Bart’s blast flipped a game on its head, a game that the Braves would win 3-0.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
  • The Reds then flipped him to Seattle in 2022, and after a season with his hometown Mariners, the Cardinals acquired him for cash.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
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  • The rain had rendered the dirt tracks we were meant to use … um, unusable.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • The responding officers rendered first aid to the victims before they were taken to local hospitals.
    Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
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  • The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California displays another former Air Force One jet, but it wasn't transferred there until 2003, 14 years after his presidency.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • It is rumored that he will be transferred from German club SC Freiburg to English Premier League giant Newcastle.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
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  • That the forest below has not been felled but has swelled, along with its creatures, is hugely the work of Dharana’s owners, the de Souza family.
    Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
  • The most dangerous situation appeared to be on Barrington Avenue, west of East Dundee Village Hall, where a light, a utility pole and part of a parkway tree were felled by strong winds, leaving power lines dangling across the road.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
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  • Trump had also already reversed a key provision contained in the agreement that allowed Iran to sell its oil on the global market.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • In April 2018, Trinidad’s High Court found the laws unconstitutional, but a local appeals court partially reversed that ruling in March 2025.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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“Turned over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20over. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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