• More than that, she adds, being able to balance on her hands, to turn cartwheels, to tumble and flip is part of who she is.
• The fourth, and possibly most pertinent, question is whether young girls today ever turn cartwheels.
• Moray eels shout at you in silent warning from their crevices and rays have been known to turn somersault.

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• One person twisted or turned his or her ankle.
• Sprained ankles commonly result from tripping or turning the ankle the wrong way.
• The beachside is a mess, and Hillary for one would not like to risk a stroll along the seafront in case of turning my finely turned ankle.

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• My hips and body are turning faster, which knocks my timing out.
• I shook my head, turning away from the body that she held limply.
• He turned and used his body as a barrier between her and the ball, moving from side to side to try and get around her.

• She scoffed his direction as she turned her head toward her sandwich once more.
• I hopped up quickly, cautiously moving around, rolling my eyes in every direction, turning my head every which way.
• During the mating season, birds' attention turns toward nesting.

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• Give us your take on St. Petersburg as a whole and the first time ever that the IndyCar Series cars turned both right and left.
• They turned round once more towards Holme and drove slowly back to the spot.
• Then he said the car turned towards the pavement but the driver appeared to change her mind at the last minute.

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• Dracula called in a fog to keep the boat docked until after the tide turned, so that he could board it.
• Following the destruction of the American fleet at Pearl Harbour, the tide had slowly turned.
• However, with today's Law Lords decision and the government's defeat on detention without charge the tide may finally be turning.

• It turns a very sad page in the history of this government.
• She turned a few more pages until she came across some recipes for low fat treats.
• The page had to be turned, he argued, in the interests of the nation.

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• With almost 80,000 men Wellington outnumbered the French, and tried to pin Joseph to his position by a frontal attack while turning his flank.

• She stopped at that hand, turning Tara loose to run with the other horses.
• They gave me a lovely nametag and lanyard and then turned me loose in the gaming room.
• Coach Lefty Driesell turns 'em loose and lets'em go, and they know what to do.

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• Leaves are turning and are providing us with a beautiful last blast of colour before they fall and disintegrate into a sodden mush of brown.
• No frost yet, so the leaves are not turning en masse; instead there has been a long succession of lovely sunny days and blue skies.
• It sounds utterly inappropriate as the leaves turn, night draws in and Wales floods.

• The latest round of political maneuvering in Indonesia is enough to turn one's stomach.
• The sight of those five smug and arrogant oil corporation CEOs was enough to turn one's stomach.
• My body shakes at every joint, my empty stomach turns and nausea rushes over me in waves.

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• Finally, I turn to consider the practical consequences of giving the magistrates' court jurisdiction.
• I therefore turn to consider whether the law imposes any limitation upon the exercise of power under the section.
• We turn to consider how those principles should be applied in the present context.

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• Biologists are turning to information technology to produce critically needed efficiencies in their work.
• Chang also noted that a number of top information technology players are turning to Linux as an operating system for mobile devices.
• It's not so much the BBC or foreign sources of information that people are turning to.

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• I turn to the other recourse for rancid times: the cultivation of my garden.
• Since then, he had been fired from two jobs, and in the face of rising pot prices, had turned to other, more harmful drugs.
• To relieve her anxieties, Wong, 26, turns to a collagen fortified drink and forces herself to eat more fruits.

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• Kenny kept leading them around twists and turns and crazy bends in the road before they finally pulled up to a beautiful three-story house.
• The distance is less than seven miles as the crow flies, but is 13 miles by water, because of the twists and turns of the river.
• I know the road well so I know exactly where night-time leaves its sharp twists, turns and blind bends.

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• The ball was turning today but it was mainly slow turn.
• It looks like Ozio doesn't have a lot of hand in the ball or as much turn as other people.
• The wicket in Centurion didn't take much turn, and that helped us a lot.

• Once you have completed about ten turns of the whipping take a sharp razor knife and cut the remainder of the trapped line flush with the whipping.

• He admitted things seemed to have taken a turn for the better in recent years.
• Phrases lead to complex, surprising turns and developments.
• This has to be one of the most bizarre turns of events I've seen in a very long time.

Synonyms

• The sandstone buildings date back to the turn of the century when terraced houses first became popular in Glasgow.
• However, around the turn of the 15th century, the practice began of having a small chorus sing polyphonically.
• By the turn of the century, Al-Jazeera broadcasts could be watched around the clock on all five continents.

• Garry said they drove from Darwen town centre towards Ewood and for some reason Sean missed his turn into Branch Road.
• I stuck to the Navigation Map which is easier to use than the north-facing map and also highlights your next turn at the top of the screen.
• The new works have allowed an improved view of the approach to the turn and has widened the roadway at a crucial spot.

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• They have to be hauled during the turn of the tide, when the water flow is at a minimum.
• This week marks the return of an old friend, who comes to us now at the turn of the tide.
• The opening has signalled a turn of the tide for unionism in Australia.

• It's a second bogey in three holes since the turn.
• Not wanting to be embarrassed, I shot a 47 on the front nine and really bore down after the turn.
• The match was pretty tight on the front nine but I had a couple of really good holes around the turn and I pulled away.

• Polak is a powerful presence in the lead, displaying remarkable physical and emotional range, while Treasa Levasseur is a standout in both comic and tragic turns.
• As a child I used to love New Year's Eve because the holiday community to which we belonged built a bonfire, sang songs and did comic turns.
• His comic turn failed to save him from nine months' hard labour.

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• She simply agonises over how to describe what she does when a camera is pointed at her, saying that she feels more like a performer or a circus turn than an actress.
• Rush is always an entertaining turn and the role promises to license a hyperactive nastiness.
• Then best known as one of the stars of The Comedians, Granada's popular showcase of northern comic turns, Reid was as surprised as anyone when he was asked to front the new series in 1975.

• But she then started to experience funny turns and we cancelled the holiday.
• Harry thought I was having another one of my funny turns.
• I can have a drink with those sort of reactionaries whereas fascists bring on one of my funny turns.