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
And even then, access isn’t guaranteed; capacity limits can still leave you waiting or turned away.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Patrick Schulte turned away three shots for Columbus (3-6-3).
—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Patrick Schulte turned away three shots for Columbus (3-6-3).
—ABC News, 10 May 2026
The golden calf famously enraged Moses, showing that the Israelites had turned away from God and were unfaithful in Moses’s absence.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 9 May 2026
Kerfoot has expressed a desire to keep the team in Vancouver, but of the 40 or so potential suitors who have expressed interest in buying the club, most have turned away after taking a look at the team’s finances.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Thunder players on the bench quickly turned away when Vanderbilt’s finger was exposed to them.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Inside Florida clinics, women continuously arrive further along than six weeks, shocked when they are turned away.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
Crepeau turned away four shots.
—Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Patrick Schulte turned away three shots for Columbus (3-6-3).
—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 11 May 2026
Patrick Schulte turned away three shots for Columbus (3-6-3).
—ABC News, 10 May 2026
The golden calf famously enraged Moses, showing that the Israelites had turned away from God and were unfaithful in Moses’s absence.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 9 May 2026
Kerfoot has expressed a desire to keep the team in Vancouver, but of the 40 or so potential suitors who have expressed interest in buying the club, most have turned away after taking a look at the team’s finances.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Thunder players on the bench quickly turned away when Vanderbilt’s finger was exposed to them.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Inside Florida clinics, women continuously arrive further along than six weeks, shocked when they are turned away.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
Crepeau turned away four shots.
—Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned away
Verb
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Sunset and the other arteries became metal chokepoints; engines were rerouted or turned back.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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But now the cameras have been turned back on them.—
Craig Spencer,
STAT,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Anyone who has worked in or observed the media industry for the last couple of decades will recognize and be repulsed by nepo-baby Jay, who is undeniably villainous.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In 1862, Mexican troops repelled French attacks on the city of Puebla de los Ángeles in the Battle of Puebla, also known as the Battle of Cinco de Mayo.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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Ukrainian forces shot down and repelled 249 drones, while hits from ballistic missiles and 19 drones were recorded in 15 locations, the air force said in a Facebook update.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
Verb
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While Senate passage of the ROAD to Housing Act is a positive development, time and time again, the forces that support NIMBYism have resisted the carrot approach.—
Michael Schill,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Workers resisted him with false reports of incompetence, machine sabotage, and especially social pressure—something that worked on new recruits but not on Taylor himself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Turned away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20away. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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