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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
Another hot-button topic is player safety, which union chief Tony Clark mentions at every turn.
That puts Hallow in the larger universe of Vance and Thiel's project to shove their retrograde gender politics on Americans through every avenue they can find, from apps discouraging contraception to calling single women "miserable cat ladies" at every turn.
This is not mere theater, this is an opera: Even if the meaning escapes you in the moment, or its language sounds strange to your ears, its stars convey the intensity and emotion at every turn.
Like “Red Eye,” “Drop” is a brisk and breathtaking thriller where the woman outsmarts her persecutor at every turn, despite her past traumas.
This primary is going to be expensive and nasty 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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