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Starter turning but car won't crank is a contradiction unless your starter has fallen off the transmission but maintained electrical contacts through some miracle or your starter/flywheel have stripped teeth.
I believe what you're describing is a "crank, no start." The engine spinning is the engine cranking but not reaching running condition (the show stops entirely if you stop the starter from cranking).
No crank, no start is when the engine does not spin when requested at all (not cranking)... essentially nothing happening when the key is turned to the starter engagement position. This is the same result from the starter as when you have no battery in the car at all. Completely dead.
Crank but no start? I would check fuel pressure at the rail and also confirm spark from the injectors. Nothing else to check until you know what those two things are doing when you have a no-start condition.
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