hairpin

Example Sentences

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Four laps later, Russell again ran deep into the hairpin and they went side by side into the final chicane, only for Russell to hold on again.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Iran in April instructed ships to use a new corridor along its coastline, making a hairpin turn on the northern side of the passage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He was on course to improve on his final run but locked up into the hairpin and lost time.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Antonelli then passed Hamilton into the hairpin on lap 11 before Audi's Nico Hulkenberg stopped in the run-off area at Turn One with a technical failure to bring out the safety car.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

He was lying on a wooden floor, about ten feet across, with nothing to hold on to as the truck sped around hairpin bends.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz