hairpin

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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

It is a mountainous road with sharp turns, and an image shared by the emergency services appears to show it crashing near a hairpin bend.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 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

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 • Mar. 13, 2026

Between me and Lewiston was the treacherous road with its hairpin turns that twisted back and forth down the mountain.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech