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
Get it before this deal turns away from your doorstep.
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Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
More chatting, the camera turns away to shoot some B-roll.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
And this worry usually arises when a dog turns away from food, gets a stomach ache, or loses energy.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
My body turns away before my mind can catch up.
—Valeng Cha, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
More chatting, the camera turns away to shoot some B-roll.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
And this worry usually arises when a dog turns away from food, gets a stomach ache, or loses energy.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
My body turns away before my mind can catch up.
—Valeng Cha, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turns away
Verb
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Woods turns back a surprising challenge Chris DiMarco with a 15-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to capture his fourth green jacket.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Hearing the Creature screaming his name, Victor turns back.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The South China Morning Post stated that this molecule uses its rigid, bulky structure to physically shield the iron core from chemical attack, while its strong negative charge creates a force field that repels leaking particles.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Marigolds also give off an odor that repels garden pests while attracting pollinators with their warm, brilliant colors.—
Heather Bien,
The Spruce,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Sigmund Freud believed that every crush has a strand of disgust, that people are attracted to what repulses them.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Charlie, though, is trying to keep them out of a country that thoroughly repulses him.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The book resists tidy moral conclusions.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Best of all, the Tony nominee smartly resists overplaying the joke, grounding the part enough that Brad's unraveling becomes funnier.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Turns away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turns%20away. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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