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the moment a road, a story, or a life decides it's done going straight.
means The act of changing direction, position, or state — rotating, bending, or becoming something other than what you were.
from From Old English 'turnian' and 'tyrnan,' to rotate or revolve, borrowed early from Latin 'tornare' — to turn on a lathe — which itself comes from 'tornus,' a turner's wheel, a cousin of the Greek 'tornos,' a tool for drawing circles. So the word's deepest root is literally a craftsman's instrument spinning wood into shape: every 'turning' still carries that quiet sense of something being worked round.
- point of no return
- a turning point is named only in hindsight
- physics
- turning requires friction, or you slide straight on
- woodworking
- a lathe turns wood while the tool stays still
- chess
- the tide turns on a single quiet move
- tide
- the sea turns twice daily, never asking permission
turner broadcasting system — founded by ted turner in 1970, created cnn and other major cable networks
nat turner rebellion — enslaved man who led a revolt in southampton county, virginia in 1831