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[hair-pin] / ˈhɛərˌpɪn /


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One only needs to see current F1 cars navigating the Fairmont Hairpin turn in Monaco to realize how big they’ve become.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But even as their stories sparked a public outcry about AI ethics, AFP saw that "The Peach Blossom Hairpin" kept running for days before its removal, with the disputed characters quietly replaced.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

When I tried to quit shampoo per those instructions shortly after that Hairpin piece was published in 2011 I, in fact, became disgusting.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2019

She launched her career at sites including the Hairpin and Jezebel, when it seemed that “merely to exist as a feminist was to be doing some important work.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2019

Andrews, who had previously got a good "chit" from the Corps and Divisional Commanders, for an excellent daylight patrol at "Hairpin Craters," in the St. Elie sector.

From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.




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