as in turns 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 turns away
Amazon will also close 15 of its Amazon Go locations as the company turns away from brick-and-mortar grocery stores to concentrate on online same-day delivery and its Whole Foods Market brand.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
For instance, with the North Node moving into Aquarius (your eighth house of intimacy) and the South Node in Leo, your focus turns away from clinging to pride and comfort, and toward deeper emotional exchange.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Timothée Chalamet returns alongside Zendaya and Florence Pugh as the film turns away from conquest and toward consequence.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Yet whenever Bunny turns away from Frank to take a call from one of his underlings about the day-to-day violence and ugliness of their industry, a somewhat disdainful look passes across Frank’s face.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
The Spaniard receives with his back to goal and turns away from Morato before being brought down.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
And surely enough, the club’s focus soon turns away from their increasingly baffling cold case and onto a more pressing one.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Broadly, debanking is an umbrella term for when a bank turns away a potential customer, which can happen for a ton of reasons.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
For instance, with the North Node moving into Aquarius (your eighth house of intimacy) and the South Node in Leo, your focus turns away from clinging to pride and comfort, and toward deeper emotional exchange.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Timothée Chalamet returns alongside Zendaya and Florence Pugh as the film turns away from conquest and toward consequence.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Yet whenever Bunny turns away from Frank to take a call from one of his underlings about the day-to-day violence and ugliness of their industry, a somewhat disdainful look passes across Frank’s face.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
The Spaniard receives with his back to goal and turns away from Morato before being brought down.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
And surely enough, the club’s focus soon turns away from their increasingly baffling cold case and onto a more pressing one.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Broadly, debanking is an umbrella term for when a bank turns away a potential customer, which can happen for a ton of reasons.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turns away
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Doing so will ensure your paperwork is processed and ready to go when the spigot turns back on.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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And Keenan Allen turns back the clock.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This 2x4-foot area rug literally repels water, making liquid less likely to seep deeper into the material.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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To address the issue, researchers at Florida Atlantic University have developed a device that repels sharks but not tuna and swordfish.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Toruño resists the label of activist but embraces the political nature of her work.—
Yamlek Mojica,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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This would not be possible in two or three dimensions, but the words are arranged in tens of thousands of them, a geometry that doggedly resists visualization.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Turns away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turns%20away. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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