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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Pensacola resident Brandin Ruth told the BBC that they have been turning the gas off to the buildings, icing down product and trying to get team members home.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Any country afraid of turning into France could do worse than to study Denmark and Sweden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Anna May nudged me before turning back to Mr. Haber.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"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
Oliver cheerily delivered a recap of stories from the last five months before turnings serious, calling the strike “an immensely difficult time” for all those in the industry.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
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
After several turnings, the ceiling went lower still, too low for crawling.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
