hairpin
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The series of switchbacks with hairpin turns offer a satisfying run up to Pine Mountain Summit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Steep ascents, hairpin bends and stretches of unpaved road have added to the difficulties facing this tourist town, whose visitors have unsurprisingly stopped visiting while fish sales have stalled.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Juan Manuel Fangio steers his Alfa Romeo around the hairpin during the first F1 world championship race in Monaco in 1950.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Four laps later, Russell again ran deep into the hairpin and they went side by side into the final chicane, only for Russell to hold on again.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Dolores adjusted her hairpin slightly and glanced at the woman’s chart again.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
She wears a gold wreath, and has hairpins of both gold and silver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Under normal conditions, these hairpins act as brakes, preventing ribosomes from making defense proteins whose instructions lie further downstream.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
The presence of hairpins suggest that the gems’ owners were probably female, Mr. Giecco said.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
The climbing is tightly packed, starting with the Montvernier hairpins, then continuing with the crossing of the Telegraphe and Galibier passes.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
Her hair is parted down the middle and graying at the temples, braided and wound over her head into a flat hair crown crisscrossed with hairpins.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
