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[hair-pin] / ˈhɛərˌpɪn /


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One only needs to see current F1 cars navigating the Fairmont Hairpin turn in Monaco to realize how big they’ve become.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Li and Baicai both showed AFP their original photos and the characters in "The Peach Blossom Hairpin", which bore a strong resemblance.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

That’s the predicament of Jia Tolentino, former Hairpin and Jezebel editor, current New Yorker staff writer, and author of the essay collection Trick Mirror.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2019

She launched her career at sites including the Hairpin and Jezebel, when it seemed that “merely to exist as a feminist was to be doing some important work.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2019

Our right Company held a line of six of these craters, joined together, called "Hairpin" on account of their shape on the aeroplane photographs.

From The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. by Hills, John David




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