chicane

Example Sentences

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But that was before the Miami Grand Prix moved in—before the artificial marina, the aqua chicane or the race weekends that packed in 275,000 fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

They swapped positions on lap 47/48, with Norris diving past into the chicane and Hamilton driving past again on the pit straight as their engines were at different stages of battery level.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Leclerc had already been involved in another incident, when he dived for the inside of Russell in the second part of the Turn 12/13 chicane.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 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

A writer of probity and experience informs us, that the public offices are sinks of every species of villainy, fraud, chicane, favoritism, and injustice.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.