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 • Mar. 28, 2026

Seeing the hairpin turns up close revealed why the Grand Prix is one of the world’s most adrenaline-pumping races.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Abu Dhabi also has some long corners - especially the hairpin on to the first long straight and the long Turn Nine at the end of the second main straight.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Only it wasn’t exactly a hairpin, now was it?

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff