recurve

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When a storm does recurve, it often loses strength because of contact with colder water from the Baja California peninsula or the California coastline.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2021

Para-archery: In Paralympic archery, archers compete in three classes - W1, open compound and open recurve.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2021

Ana Paula Vázquez, Mexico: Young archer who began her career using the compound bow, but who has since switched to the recurve bow.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021

Rand Al-Mashhadani lost her first round match 7-1 to Japan's Kaori Kawanaka in the individual recurve event on Friday.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2014

Since the delta would be located on the only recurve, this recurving ridge is eliminated from consideration.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)