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

Competitors use either recurve or compound bows, depending on the event.

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

In figure 189, the only possible delta must be placed upon the looping ridge, thus preventing a ridge count although delta and recurve are present.

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