turnstile
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The greens on Barra were protected from the cows by fences, and you entered the greens through a turnstile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
It gets me through the turnstile without involving my phone.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
"I never jumped the turnstile either. Let the record state!" he joked.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Manchester United's club policy is that any ticket downloaded more than four times risks being blocked at the turnstile.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Jane moved towards the turnstile, dragging Michael by the hand.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
One morning, I joined a small congregation of commuters attempting to convince the turnstiles that our phones were, in fact, perfectly legitimate fare payment.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Joint lead bookrunner and stabilization agent Morgan Stanley adorned its lobbies, elevator banks and turnstiles with SpaceX logos and pictures of Mars.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Such a prolonged closure will send the more than 400,000 people who pour through the center’s turnstiles each year scrambling to find other places to swim, dive, play water polo and aqua-aerobicize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
"It was only when I got through the turnstiles and got the ticket on my phone that I actually realised it was real," added Carville.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The four of them rode the escalator down to ground level, and Moss felt a rush of relief at the sight of the rest of his friends standing beyond the turnstiles.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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