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When the captain emerged from the dressing room, held his hands up and spoke with a straightforward turn of phrase, the disappointment was diluted.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
This is an interesting turn of phrase, given that all these resolutions specifically state that the deliberate starvation of civilians by siege is a war crime under international law.
—Annie Sparrow, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
Businesses also wrestle with their public-facing brand and their operations behind the curtain (to borrow a turn of phrase from The Wizard of Oz, which Lynch professes to think about every day).
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
While muscle knots aren’t actually knotted, the discomfort is real and the turn of phrase endures.
—Harri Weber, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
But one particular turn of phrase from Trump captured the internet’s attention.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2024
For every turn of phrase that could move Emily Cooper (played by Lily Collins) up a Duolingo level, the marketing ingenue peppers her cheery English sentences with a whole lot of embarrassing merde.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
McCarthy does land one surprising interview subject, however: the writer who couldn’t have known the long-lasting impact his turn of phrase would end up having.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 17 June 2024
Rather, Washington’s national security establishment has unthinkingly internalized a Trump-era turn of phrase that is rife with unrealistic expectations and unvetted assumptions.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2021
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
This is an interesting turn of phrase, given that all these resolutions specifically state that the deliberate starvation of civilians by siege is a war crime under international law.
—Annie Sparrow, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2016
Businesses also wrestle with their public-facing brand and their operations behind the curtain (to borrow a turn of phrase from The Wizard of Oz, which Lynch professes to think about every day).
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
While muscle knots aren’t actually knotted, the discomfort is real and the turn of phrase endures.
—Harri Weber, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
But one particular turn of phrase from Trump captured the internet’s attention.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2024
For every turn of phrase that could move Emily Cooper (played by Lily Collins) up a Duolingo level, the marketing ingenue peppers her cheery English sentences with a whole lot of embarrassing merde.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
McCarthy does land one surprising interview subject, however: the writer who couldn’t have known the long-lasting impact his turn of phrase would end up having.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 17 June 2024
Rather, Washington’s national security establishment has unthinkingly internalized a Trump-era turn of phrase that is rife with unrealistic expectations and unvetted assumptions.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2021
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“Turn of phrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20of%20phrase. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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