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
The dogleg to the right requires a tee shot that finds a plateau on the left side of the fairway.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2022
Surely Carl had listened to his radio, the lighthouse radioman dispensing advice, the freighter’s navigator calling in positions, taking readings off Lanheedron Island, then suddenly deciding on a bisecting dogleg right through 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
