Independent voters helped elect President Obama but have since turned away from the Democrats.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

There are reports of seriously sick people being turned away from hospitals.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

And so when I got there I was turned away."

VOA: special.2010.04.24

He turned away from the hotel and walked home.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

When the center closes in late afternoon, thousands will be turned away and face the prospect of coming back tomorrow.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Blood has been shed, people have been turned away and their homes set on fire.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"Sometimes I think instead of asking how many LASIK procedures you have done, you should actually ask the doctor, how many have you turned away."

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

They turned tail, away they went over the hill and down into the field in wild disorder,and we after them.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

They turned tail. Away they went over the hill and down into the field in wild disorder, and we after them.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

And she turned and hurried away, followed by the worried eyes of the man, and the sad eyes of the boy.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

They turned on the necessary equipment and broke away from the damaged service module.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

the cow turned its head away from his hands.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Slowly,the mob turned and walked away.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Smith turned and walked away quickly.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

But what happens when hospitals have been washed away by floods or turned to rubble in an earthquake?

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

The Americans fired the puck at the Canadian goal 28 times, but Szabados turned them away each time.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

The consensus view in the Americas is the United States turned its gaze away from hemispheric concerns after the attacks of September 11,2001, focusing instead on Afghanistan, Iraq,and the global war on terror.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15