as in to repel
to drive back
a cavalry charge that was turned back by withering fire
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Recent Examples of turn back
And, George, turning back to Chicago.
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ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
In November, millions of Americans will turn back their clocks, marking the end of daylight saving time in 2025.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
Solomon, whose career has included penning big franchises (Bill & Ted, Men in Black), saw The Christophers as part of a larger turn back to first principles.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The third and final part focuses on the President (Idris Elba), who as the clock turns back again is making an appearance at a basketball game.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
In November, millions of Americans will turn back their clocks, marking the end of daylight saving time in 2025.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
Solomon, whose career has included penning big franchises (Bill & Ted, Men in Black), saw The Christophers as part of a larger turn back to first principles.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The third and final part focuses on the President (Idris Elba), who as the clock turns back again is making an appearance at a basketball game.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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This creates a protective barrier that repels fingerprints and gives your appliances a sparkling finish.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Sep. 2025
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And can painting cows with zebra stripes help repel biting flies?—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Cook, who remains at the Federal Reserve, has sued the president to resist her dismissal.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other times, long rates resist or even rise, flattening the curve and blunting the Fed’s impact.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to a study from 2017, a third of the nation’s flagships—all highly ranked and thus popular with out-of-staters—turned away some of their own state’s residents to make room for higher-paying students from elsewhere.—
Jeffrey Selingo,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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Don't run and don't turn away from the bear.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Like Einstein, Brassard feels repulsed by the way the particles in the Bell experiment seem to have firsthand awareness of each other despite being separated by, in principle, light-years of space.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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This is something that finally repulses Ivor, and that Orla also grapples with.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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This frontloading helped support China's exports — and stave off a Christmas crunch.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Chan, her mother and little brother tried to stave off hunger in rural China for four years, with her brother eventually dying from an epidemic that swept through their village.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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On this play, Tegra Tshabola got beat off the ball, forcing Donaldson to take a different hole before running into a defender who center Carson Hinzman was on until the hole shifted.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP What To Know Obama beat off stiff competition from the likes of David Attenborough and Tom Hanks to win the Outstanding Narrator prize for his narration of the five-part Netflix series Our Oceans, which examines marine life across the world's oceans.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Turn back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20back. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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