turned around

past tense of turn around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned around
Verb
  • That changed for just over two quarters.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But that changed, and the case took a turn after two denizens of Nashville's street scene were identified as suspects.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With average frame rates that fluctuated between the mid-50s to as high as mid-70s, the game took full advantage of the variable refresh rate and felt smooth as butter without much compromise.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Denver’s odds have fluctuated this season, rising from +4000 after Monday night’s dominant win over Cincinnati.
    Scott Phillips, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Locals such as Dominio de Atauta winemaker Jaime Suárez call Tempranillo tinto fino (fine red) or tinta del pais (red of the country) to differentiate it from the same grape grown elsewhere in the country, as it is said to have mutated due to the region’s altitude, climate, and soils.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement The study involved 29 patients with Huntington’s disease who were given one of two doses of gene therapy that targeted the huntingtin gene, which is mutated in the disease.
    Alice Park, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The production was plagued by hurricanes, tsunami warnings, stinging jellyfish and several injuries — including Costner, who almost died while riding out a storm stranded atop a mast after his safety line had snapped.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fans have gotten a few tastes of what's to come thanks to other photos snapped on set, including some shots of Dominic McLaughlin, who will play the titular wizard, and Nick Frost, who will play Rubeus Hagrid, in London.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This Argentina varied the positions of their attackers more.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Experimental data often varied wildly between labs and rarely aligned with its predictions.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Although the divorce is not officially finalized, both artists have shifted their focus to their respective crafts.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In other words, people have shifted between coastal fishing, dry forest harvesting and hunting based on the local conditions.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The Hornets were simply maximizing their cap space and never wavered on Mann.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Warriors never wavered on team option frameworks.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Turned around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20around. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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