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
His only bogey came on his last hole, after missing the fairway on the 400-yard dogleg right ninth hole.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
The Corona was out of the lane, he reported, somewhere south of buoy 56, and would have to dogleg to the northeast, bisecting Ship Channel Bank.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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
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