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turnstile

[turn-stahyl] / ˈtɜrnˌstaɪl /


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A transit porter and motorman with the New York City subway in the 1980s, Mr. Naiden was active in a tiny communist cell within the union, endorsing free fares and encouraging turnstile hopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

It closes a chapter on a very specific New York experience — the practiced wrist flick, the second swipe after a buzzer, the quiet victory when the turnstile finally unlocked.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025

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

His "grand role of chief turnstile operator" meant taking charge of the cash collected from the gates.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2025

The guard at the door of the Poughkeepsie Museum of Natural Sciences had seen Will entering through the turnstile.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

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

They skipped stairs as they ran between platforms, and found they could shave time at the turnstiles by switching from using their phones to physical cards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

She had set up folding chair next to the turnstiles with her mother and grandmother -- their beds for the next hours.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 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

First, he picked stations where fare-beating was the biggest problem, and put as many as ten policemen in plainclothes at the turnstiles.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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