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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 left
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
turned the evidence over to the police
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as in turned turtle
to turn on one's side or upside down
don't try to tell me the bucket turned over all by itself
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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
French investigators identified 89 victims of Leveugle, boys aged 13 to 17, after examining a 15-volume digital memoir found on a USB drive that one of his relatives turned over to police, the Grenoble prosecutor said.
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ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Within a couple years, Wexner had turned over management of his vast fortune to Epstein.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
However, their status was legal and they were not turned over to ICE.
—Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 18 Feb. 2026
Police said the 18-year-old was arrested and turned over to Detroit police officers.
—Eric Henderson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Once unclaimed property is turned over to the state, the state becomes the custodian for the funds.
—New York Daily News Special Sections, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
Andrade turned over his records to the State Attorney’s Office in Leon County, as well as the FBI.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
After being pronounced dead, her body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The press release at the time said that her body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy.
—Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Within a couple years, Wexner had turned over management of his vast fortune to Epstein.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
However, their status was legal and they were not turned over to ICE.
—Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 18 Feb. 2026
Police said the 18-year-old was arrested and turned over to Detroit police officers.
—Eric Henderson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Once unclaimed property is turned over to the state, the state becomes the custodian for the funds.
—New York Daily News Special Sections, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
Andrade turned over his records to the State Attorney’s Office in Leon County, as well as the FBI.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
After being pronounced dead, her body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The press release at the time said that her body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy.
—Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned over
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For our judges, the Vanquish was a frontrunner from the first session and never relinquished its lead.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
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The suspect then voluntarily relinquished a second abalone, also from her pants, according to California DFW.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The circumstances have flipped in Italy where, coincidentally, Birkeland was born.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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Busch has gotten good at smiling through such a nuisance, just like how Rory McIlroy became adept at politicking through questions about The Masters until that script flipped last year.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Feb. 2026
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Continuing the direct crossover, the tongue, laces and lining are rendered in white.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
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First responders, including police, firefighters and EMTs, responded to the scene and immediately rendered first aid to the children, who were coming from Skinner Road School, and the drivers.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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With equal panache, and without cutting away, the narrative focus is handed like a baton in a relay race to the arriving Mayor Dumont (Josse De Pauw) and his daughter and press attaché Marie (Violet Braeckman).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday handed Russia a tongue-in-cheek offer to end the war between the two countries at the Munich Security Conference.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Feb. 2026
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Renewables soar globally despite US climate pullback Renewables are being deployed aggressively across much of the world even as the US, historically the world’s biggest emitter, overturned a landmark domestic climate ruling.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Don’t expect Braves starting pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale to ask for a ball or strike call to be overturned.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Some of the administration’s attempts to cancel research grants that focused on topics like gender, diversity, equity and inclusion have been reversed, but roughly 1,240 grants remain terminated, according to a tracking project called Grant Witness.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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For instance, if the connections to one of the coils are reversed, the motor may not spin properly.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 2026
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Concerned about the safety of two children in the home, Aljorna and Sosa-Celis surrendered.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Arizona recently surrendered about a third of its allotted supply of the river through both mandatory and compensated voluntary cuts to keep Lake Mead from going dry.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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Following a few more years of work, the lexicographer—a studier or compiler of dictionaries—transferred his entire project online for anyone to peruse.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Turned over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20over. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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