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chicane

[shi-keyn, chi-] / ʃɪˈkeɪn, tʃɪ- /


























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Also the save from him earlier on in the weekend down to the chicane was awesome.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

And Fernando Alonso rescued what could have been a high-speed crash at the harbour front chicane in his Aston Martin.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Russell, too, was admonished by Wolff when he made a sarcastic comment about the location at which Antonelli had chosen to give back the lead after skipping the chicane.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

But he did what he was told, before trying again at the chicane, only for Russell to hold him off.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The captain was too honourable a man to think of practising any chicane on the subject; but if the two employés overreached themselves, so much the better.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various




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