turn of events
noun phrase
: a change in what is happening
There has been a dramatic turn of events.
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Play-by-play commentator Michael Cole suggested that frustration had been building within Cargill, leading to the surprising turn of events.
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Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
And in a shocking turn of events, a third couple declined to walk down the aisle the day of their wedding.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Well, that might, in a fun turn of events, depend on Cory Ellison.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
But in a turn of events that no one at the distillery could have foreseen, this almost didn’t happen—on July 31, a truckload of Westland whiskey worth almost $1 million, including nearly half of the Garryana bottles, was stolen.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
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Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
And in a shocking turn of events, a third couple declined to walk down the aisle the day of their wedding.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Well, that might, in a fun turn of events, depend on Cory Ellison.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
But in a turn of events that no one at the distillery could have foreseen, this almost didn’t happen—on July 31, a truckload of Westland whiskey worth almost $1 million, including nearly half of the Garryana bottles, was stolen.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Turn of events.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20of%20events. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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