turning
- active adj.
- featuring adj.
- flexuous adj.
- operating adj.
- revolving adj.
- vertiginous adj.
- whirling adj.
- adjustment n.
- angle n.
- bow n.
- circuit n.
- conversion n.
- departure n.
- deviation n.
- divergence n.
- diversion n.
- genuflection n.
- gyration n.
- metanoia n.
- regeneration n.
- reverse n.
- revolution n.
- rotation n.
- tendency n.
- turn n.
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Carreras made amends with a try of his own although Northampton started turning the screw despite Bath unloading their bench of big-hitters.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
And while it’s easy to create wealth through raising billions in capital or taking on debt, turning paper money into actual cash is harder to do.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Zooming out, though, it’s even more newsworthy that he’s turning his attention to Andrews at all.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Our focus is on turning those financing opportunities into durable earnings, choosing where we commit capital with the same discipline we apply to growing the business,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
She says more stuff, I know, because she’s turning pages and pointing, but I don’t hear or see any of it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"We get a lot of head turnings, if people are driving by, you can tell by their eyes they're just like, what?"
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
His initial Sleeping Beauty Castle was built utilizing plywood, PVC, wood turnings and cast resin veneer, but he has since updated the structure with largely polyurethane foam boards and 3D-printed materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
“He didn’t need any instruction really. He just took control, flown us around, made some turnings and basic maneuvers,” Hughes said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
But listening to one character after another hold forth on the turnings of the Wheel, I longed for a Gollum or an Arya Stark to kick some life into the works.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
Lying nearby were other widows, their soft sighs and turnings like so many doves fluttering around me.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
