hairpin

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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

Russell easily passed him back down the straight to the hairpin of Turn 14 before Hamilton attacked and passed him around the outside of Turn One at the start of the second lap.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Seeing the hairpin turns up close revealed why the Grand Prix is one of the world’s most adrenaline-pumping races.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

“Thank you so much,” Dolores replied, taking the hairpin from the nurse.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff