hairpin
Example Sentences
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He was on course to improve on his final run but locked up into the hairpin and lost time.
From BBC
Russell easily passed him back down the straight to the hairpin of Turn 14 before Hamilton attacked and passed him around the outside of Turn One at the start of the second lap.
From BBC
She wears a gold wreath, and has hairpins of both gold and silver.
But he learned to master this new machine that could achieve insane speeds and execute hairpin turns while taking crystalline video.
“Very funny. I thought I might have lost a hairpin.”
From Literature
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