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turned

  • past participle of turn.
  • past tense form of turn.

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As officers tracked down the coursers, it turned out they had come from all over the country: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Berkshire, north Wales.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The increasing popularity of such models has turned the AI race on its head, threatening the heady valuations of Anthropic and OpenAI as they prepare for public listings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

But it turned out to be a rout against New Jersey.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

SLB also turned to data centers, an emerging source of revenue for the company, which was founded in 1926.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

He turned his whole life upside down and had us scrambling in the wake of it.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith