at every turn

1. 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

Among them, an estimated 20% are exiled from standing homes, trapped in an endless cycle of testing, remediation and reevaluation for toxic contaminants — and met with resistance from insurers at every turn.

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He flaunted his wealth at every turn, refusing to do the standard meet-and-greets in diners and living rooms in favor of big rallies where he stood above the crowd and regaled them for hours on end.

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Chu is beholden to those pesky “Wizard of Oz” tie-ins at every turn, and Erivo and Grande get few chances to utilize their lovely chemistry.

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“Marwan Marouf accepted a removal order — not as an acknowledgment of any wrongdoing but as a decision born of impossible circumstances imposed by a system that has failed him at every turn,” Uddin, legal director for the Muslim Legal Fund of America, told Salon in a statement.

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He shook his fist at the ground, and at the sky, and then at the ground once more, as if unsure where the true blame lay: in the barren earth below or with the cruel beet gods above, who summoned catastrophe at every turn.

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