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Recent Examples of hairpin
In this sequel to The Ice Road that trades Canadian ice flats for cliff-edge drop-offs and hairpin passes, Neeson’s grieving character Mike McCann heads to the Himalayas to scatter his brother’s ashes.
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
By the first hairpin turn, the grade hit 11 percent.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Pair yours with minimalist slides, sunnies, and a hairpin.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 29 July 2025
The building houses electric Go-Kart courses, including a major hairpin.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
By the first hairpin turn, the grade hit 11 percent.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Pair yours with minimalist slides, sunnies, and a hairpin.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 29 July 2025
The building houses electric Go-Kart courses, including a major hairpin.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairpin
Noun
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In lieu of the big-name resorts out West, skiers are looking to relish small-town charm and lowkey slopes.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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Jackson imagined the Shire as idyllic beyond measure — cozy cottages dug into the landscape's gentle green slopes, totally free of the conflict and violence that the saga's Hobbit quartet eventually learn lie just beyond its borders.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Arsenal remain elite from corners and free kicks, while showing signs of improvement in open-play creativity.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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In one corner of an upper floor of the Commons on the Universal Lot a coffee counter has been erected that looks like the café where Carey Mulligan’s character works in Emerald Fennel’s Promising Young Woman, and baristas hand out espresso and drip coffees.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Charged particles originating from the corona surge into the gap but are soon snared by two great magnetic loops—the Van Allen Radiation Belts—that usually keep them from Earth’s surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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That's how solar rain forms in loops that are suddenly heated, like during flares.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
27 Oct. 2025
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As a player who loves the whole experience – from the fairway challenges to the doglegs to the scenery around me – The Links at Crowbush (https://peisfinestgolf.com/) gave me a list-topping round.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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All of the holes had a really nice flow to them, as well as a consistent feel – with the possible exception of No. 18 that’s a short dogleg right in which the second shot is severely uphill.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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Additionally, nearly nine in 10 singles said being handy is attractive and think leaving small DIY projects dangling or broken fixtures untreated is a turnoff.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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Nearby, visitors heading northeast on the winding park road will find a turnoff to the campgrounds just south of the park’s eastern gate.—
Don Sproul,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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China has long laid claim to the island and acting on those claims could lead to a spiral where Washington and Beijing come to blows over the issue—and nuclear use would remain a terrifying possibility.—
Lyle Goldstein,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Stella’s undoing wasn’t a spiral contained to Season 4, though.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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New episodes will air Sundays through December 14, but this week there's a special Halloween twist as HBO Max subscribers get a chance to catch the new episode three days early.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Others have incorporated brie and figs for a sweet-savory twist, or used hot pepper sauce for a little extra heat.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, global features director and mattress reviewer Sam Cochran reported a similar experience when trying out the brand’s Lux Hybrid Mattress—which combines three layers of foam with a firm core support and contour-adapt coils.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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The researchers, at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), have used magnetic coils to apply a 3D magnetic field to a spherical tokamak to stabilize plasma for the first time.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Hairpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairpin. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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