How to Use three-point turn in a Sentence
three-point turn
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After being told to leave, Jimenez tried to do a three-point turn.
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Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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As the driver made a three-point turn in the driveway, the footage appeared to show Reilly shoot at the car.
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ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Then the first car, which bore the brunt of the wave, inched backward into an apparent three-point turn before the footage cut off.
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Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Officers said tire tracks indicate the vehicle was driving north of Catlett to a 90-degree turn, where the driver tried to attempt a three-point turn.
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Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Two Waymos seem to have collided at Kearny and Vallejo streets, one headed uphill while the other faces sideways, as though attempting to execute a three-point turn.
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Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Dec. 2025
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In a prior incident on March 13, Ebert allegedly pulled up his vehicle toward William Yates in the neighborhood to yell obscenities at him before making a three-point turn and driving toward him at a high speed, William Yates told investigators, according to the Times.
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Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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