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at every turn
Idioms and Phrases
Everywhere; also, continually, at every moment. For example, He found trash strewn about at every turn , or Life holds surprises at every turn . The turn here does not signify change of direction but change of circumstances, and the phrase generally is something of an exaggeration. [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
But as breathtaking as "One to One" proves to be as a documentary experience—and there are few better when it comes to Lennon and The Beatles—the real message is unmistakable: in a world that challenges our values at every turn, that attempts to drain our efforts to be ineluctably human and serve our fellow citizens, apathy can never be allowed to win out.
At every turn, until Monday, USC found an answer for her absence, scratching and clawing their way through two tournament rounds.
Black people resisted this at every turn.
This one has been assailed at every turn.
Before Saturday, there were potential milestones at every turn.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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