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at every turn

Idioms  
  1. Everywhere; also, continually, at every moment. For example, He found trash strewn about at every turn, or Life holds surprises at every turn. The turn here does not signify change of direction but change of circumstances, and the phrase generally is something of an exaggeration. [Late 1500s]


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The way this season is going - drama at every turn - a late, late penalty was never going to cut it in terms of theatre.

From BBC

And if things go “bad at every turn,” he said, consumers could potentially see prices rising by even more than 50 cents a gallon.

From MarketWatch

Gold eluded her at every turn, by excruciatingly small margins.

From The Wall Street Journal

She has aimed to burnish her personal stardom at every turn, staging aggressive crackdowns and sidelining officials who suggested a more cautious approach.

From The Wall Street Journal

If Kennedy was an American prince, the lovely and stylish Bessette was his princess, loved, hated and swarmed at every turn by a predatory paparazzi.

From Los Angeles Times