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The phrase "a startling turn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a surprising or unexpected change in a situation, story, or argument.
Example: "The plot took a startling turn when the protagonist revealed their true identity."
Alternatives: "a shocking twist" or "an unexpected shift".
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This led to a startling turn of events.
And, scariest of all, Beckett's looks are taking a startling turn for the better.
It was a startling turn of events, given that inquiries in such attacks are often long and grueling.
They soon move in together, but the affair sours and, in a startling turn, Jeanne pretends to be the victim of an anti-Semitic attack.
The raid on a private Yale party was a startling turn of events, given the generally positive relations between the Police Department and the university in recent years.
The story takes a startling turn, but Almodóvar prepares us for it by creating an old silent film that Benigno says he has seen.
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It is a startling turn-around from the days when the US was widely regarded as a laggard on climate change issues, thanks in part to its failure to join the 1997 Kyoto Treaty, the first major international accord to cut emissions.
It's a startling turn-around, but I think Sony and Nintendo have to come to grips with the fact that iOS and Android are capable of much richer play experiences than PSP or 3DSs are.
In Colorado, where a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana was passed in 2000, hundreds of dispensaries popped up and a startling number of residents turned out to be in "severe pain," the most popular of eight conditions that can be treated legally with the once-demonized weed.
Things took a more startling turn at the beginning of this year when Suri Cruise, 13, and Blanket Jackson, 17, neither of whom have been seen since 2015, escaped the compound as stowaways in the boot of visitor Elton John's car.
Now signed to Impulse, the label that issued many of their heroes, the group take a more startling turn here, with much of the album shaped by studio post-production, where drummer Max Hallett and synth player Dan Leavers have created an ever-morphing mix of textures and beats.
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