turned around

verb

past tense of turn around
as in changed

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  1. changed
  2. fluctuated
  3. mutated
  4. snapped
  5. varied
  6. shifted
  7. metamorphosed
  8. wavered
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  • The lines of control in the country changed little for years, and a truce was reached in 2022.
    — AHMED HATEM, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But tragically, the role associated with being Treyton’s mom changed in an instant for Amber last December.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of changed
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  • The labor market is growing at a fairly robust clip, though performance from one month to the next has fluctuated significantly.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Partisan trends among young voters have fluctuated over the past few decades – in 2000, for example, 49% of young people voted Democratic, while 48% voted Republican.
    — Sara Suzuki, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fluctuated
Verb
  • Bobby remained on the trial for 29 weeks before his cancer mutated and began to evade the treatment.
    — STAT Staff, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
  • And all the modern flu pandemics have been bird flu viruses that mutated to spread in humans.
    — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of mutated
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  • Sidney Crosby scored two goals while moving into sole possession of sixth place on the NHL's career scoring list, and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped their four-game skid with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Sidney Crosby scored two goals while moving into sole possession of sixth place on the NHL’s career scoring list, and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped their four-game skid with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of snapped
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  • My roles in Los Angeles County have varied from locking a ballot drop box at 8 pm on election night to being the second election worker in the van that takes the ballots from several vote centers to the ballot processing center.
    — Valerie Morishige, Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • While Friday’s industrial action has been nationwide, demands have varied from one location to the next.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of varied
Verb
  • In a separate analysis across both groups, participants who shifted their sleep earlier tended to lose more weight.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • There has been an increase in repatriations as public sympathies have shifted towards the formerly colonized.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of shifted
Verb
  • Transformers toys manifested the imagination even more fully, with vehicles that metamorphosed into robots and vice versa.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In the space of eight years, Tems has metamorphosed from one-to-watch to global megastar.
    — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Definition of metamorphosed
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  • The news comes after Gibney said that the studio had wavered over its international release plans for the film, which has come under legal threats from the SpaceX founder.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • During our conversation, Kushner wavered between tough-guy talk and surprising delicacy.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of wavered
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