dogleg
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The sixth, now some 503 yards, has a slight dogleg to the right with fairway bunkers to the left and Allen's Creek running down the right, cutting across the fairway and then down the left.
From BBC ● May 17, 2023
The dogleg from Burbank to Palmdale was never without advantages.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
We had more than one letter squeezed into a square; we had words that went over the boundaries of the puzzle; we had words dogleg into words below, above, right or left.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
“Restarts here? They’re kind of notoriously crazy cause of the dogleg and being able to shortcut that,” Bowman said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
One small section of wheat, on a little dogleg of my land, had escaped the storm.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Escorted by police, he and his followers eventually beat a retreat up a wrought-iron staircase that doglegged up from the floor before hitting a dead end at the ceiling.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2020
Rather than doglegging, these startling twists come back around on their stories, deepening their mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2018
