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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoided turning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where someone or something has successfully prevented a change in direction or a shift in behavior.
Example: "She avoided turning back to her old habits after the counseling sessions."
Alternatives: "prevented changing" or "steered clear of turning".
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"We avoided turning this into an international crisis.
"At least Steve avoided turning him into a vampire," Verrill said.
Granderson and Gardner have avoided turning every fly ball into a turf war between two stubborn outfielders accustomed to catching everything within reach.
Evidence is building that, in their pursuit of intelligence on Islamic extremists, British spies have been complicit in torture, even if they have avoided turning the thumbscrews themselves.
The US, which just avoided turning the Great Plains into a dust bowl in the 1930s, is still losing soil 18 times more rapidly than it is forming it.
Standing in the schoolyard, each mother seemed wholly engrossed in keeping her children near her and looking after her animals and possessions, and carefully avoided turning her eyes toward her captors.
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Avoiding turning inward is the biggest challenge.
Try to avoid turning on an empty microwave.
How will he avoid turning into Richard Parker's dinner?
This avoids turning a terrorist into a martyr.
Hardly anyone around managed to avoid turning Popsicle-colored.
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