chicane
Example Sentences
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Russell challenged Leclerc for the remaining 10 laps and did make it past into the chicane with three laps to go.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
A number of drivers ran wide during the session, and the red flag was as a result of Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar running off track at the Ascari chicane and spraying the circuit with gravel.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025
Lewis Hamilton was sixth fastest, 0.306secs slower than team-mate Leclerc and appearing to struggle with rear-end stability on the evidence of several oversteer snaps that sent him into the run-off area at the chicane.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
The changes to car behaviour caught Hamilton out when he braked hard for the Bus Stop chicane in sprint qualifying.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025
Thus 1793 saw the birth of the modern system of war—rapidity of movement, full development of national strength, bivouacs, requisitions and force as against cautious manœuvring, small professional armies, tents and full rations, and chicane.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
