recurve

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There was also gold for archers Bryony Pitman, Penny Healey and Jaspreet Sagoo, with the trio beating France 5-1 in the women's recurve team final.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2023

When a storm does recurve, it often loses strength because of contact with colder water from the Baja California peninsula or the California coastline.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2021

Ana Paula Vázquez, Mexico: Young archer who began her career using the compound bow, but who has since switched to the recurve bow.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021

Rand Al-Mashhadani lost her first round match 7-1 to Japan's Kaori Kawanaka in the individual recurve event on Friday.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2014

The right portion of the pattern detail contains a true loop which fulfills all the loop requirements, i.e., a sufficient recurve, a delta, and a ridge count across a looping ridge.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)