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Example sentences for: turned

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When he proposed sending a CIA team into northern Afghanistan to meet with Massoud in August 2000, the idea was turned down; local helicopters were not deemed airworthy, and land access was too risky.
The LAT notes that Ventura, who will now become the highest office-holder in Perot's Reform party, asked Perot for campaign money, but was turned down.
The rest of the left may have turned hawk on Kosovo, but a few die-hard doves remain.
Sensing their isolation, the House prosecutors have turned inward.
He turned to me and the driver of the rig who was wearing a lettucepicking outfit and a red bandanna tied around his mouth and said, "Oh man, we completely forgot to go see Saul Bellow."