hairpin

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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

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

But he learned to master this new machine that could achieve insane speeds and execute hairpin turns while taking crystalline video.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

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

I was supposed to leave a hairpin beneath the rock to show I got the paper and was ready to have them.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron