hairpin
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The series of switchbacks with hairpin turns offer a satisfying run up to Pine Mountain Summit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Steep ascents, hairpin bends and stretches of unpaved road have added to the difficulties facing this tourist town, whose visitors have unsurprisingly stopped visiting while fish sales have stalled.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Juan Manuel Fangio steers his Alfa Romeo around the hairpin during the first F1 world championship race in Monaco in 1950.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
After Leclerc claimed second, the Ferraris went side by side through the first-corner complex, Leclerc just holding on, before Hamilton reclaimed second into the hairpin the following lap.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
The Owner was picking his teeth with Will’s mother’s hairpin.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
The runway-turned-test track was overhauled in 2011—new layout, fresh asphalt, safety barriers—and now includes two clinically perfect, constant-radius 180-degree turns: the hairpins of destiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Other objects - from cotton buds to paper clips and hairpins or even fingers - should never be used in the ear canal itself.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024
In the future, Dong said, it might also be possible to design mRNA hairpins for genome editing to help fight infections or treat diseases in people.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
The Carlisle gems were found along with more than 700 items, including 105 glass beads, pottery, weapons, coins, clay figures, animal bones, tiles stamped with the imperial mark and some 100 hairpins.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
She found a few hairpins and used them to pile her hair into a matronly bun.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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