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To keep the hairpin turns and runaway carousel rides to a minimum, Dietrich, his chief lieutenant, Josh Belovsky, and assistants Ryan Day and Tony Schifano — the latter joining the staff this year — hit the recruiting trail and transfer portal hard.
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Brian Robin, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
And like the hairpin turns in the production all across the album, Jah-Monte approaches themes from different angles and pivots without breaking a sweat.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
Evans took the lead with a slick crossover move in the last hairpin, heading outside Mueller, thus forcing Mueller to defend the high line.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The road to Val d’Anniviers is notoriously challenging, a dizzying staircase of hairpin turns beneath steel nets designed to catch falling rocks like the one that had landed in front of us.
—Ben Ryder Howe, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
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Brian Robin, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
And like the hairpin turns in the production all across the album, Jah-Monte approaches themes from different angles and pivots without breaking a sweat.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
Evans took the lead with a slick crossover move in the last hairpin, heading outside Mueller, thus forcing Mueller to defend the high line.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The road to Val d’Anniviers is notoriously challenging, a dizzying staircase of hairpin turns beneath steel nets designed to catch falling rocks like the one that had landed in front of us.
—Ben Ryder Howe, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairpin
Noun
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The route winds through 36 tunnels, including the historic Moffat Tunnel, before reaching the ski slopes.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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During a training session before the January 2024 event in Laax, Switzerland, Choi hit the lip of the slope while practicing a flat Cab 1080, breaking her back in the subsequent crash.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On the corner of Fairway Drive and Texas 26, a stage was set up where a slew of speakers stepped up to invigorate the crowd.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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With summer just around the corner, now is the perfect moment to stock up on warm-weather needs, whether that means outfitting your spring wardrobe or upgrading your hydration game.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Future closed-loop control systems will likely use online sensors and microfluidic regulators to maintain these within fetal norms.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Raven Loop tunnel was one of more than 480 pitches Boring Company received to build a one-mile long loop tunnel that is 12 feet in diameter.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The dogleg gear pattern makes shifting between second and third gear a dream, and on the road, this is mostly where the driving experience focuses.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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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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If the Iran war drags on for months, the outlook could quickly darken, setting off a downward economic spiral as falling stocks give way to weaker spending and, ultimately, a recession.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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His inner ears were playing tricks with his sense of orientation… His flight path into the water is consistent with what is known as a graveyard spiral.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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Jude relocates this tale of troubled conscience to present-day Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, and subjects it to a corrosively cynical twist.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Fans can expect a twist on ballpark favorites, like the Tigers Tail footlong corn dog, and diverse local favorites, including pierogi nachos.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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This technology arranges pocketed coils in a honeycomb-style hexagonal matrix rather than traditional straight rows, allowing weight to be distributed more evenly across the mattress surface.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Infused with fruits like banana and mango, the rich treatment promises to deeply moisturize curls and coils while softening strands to minimize breakage during detangling.—
Allure Editors,
Allure,
24 Mar. 2026
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The pleats are made from multiple fabric folds and bunched together to create fullness.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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To him, the vision seemed right — not in the specific locations activated by various themes but in the sense that our neuroanatomy did seem to parse the world by subject, tangles and folds of neurons lighting up in response to clouds of ideas.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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