hairpins

plural of hairpin

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • These cobalt crusts are found on seamount slopes, which contain vital metals such as cobalt, nickel, and platinum.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Skiers are spoiled for choice here, with three mountain peaks and 51 slopes.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Celebrity makeup artist Michael Anthony accentuated her under eyes using a brightening concealer and kissed the faintest shade of pink to her outer corners next to long lash extensions that reached her brows.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • At the memorial, at least in some corners, she was being received with reverence.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Originally commissioned for Queen Maria Cristina in the late 19th century, the tiara features upright diamond loops with white pearls at the center of each sinuous turn.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In practice, these demos show neuromorphic AI achieving millisecond-range sensing and decision loops.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Beyond installing coils or rails, the process requires road resurfacing, upgraded power lines, and new grid interface points.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • So far, the system has powered a truck, van, car and bus — all equipped with special pickup coils.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This is an open grid to hold the food that folds shut to form a basket.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Determined to stitch together an integrated HBO Stephen King–verse, Welcome to Derry folds in a young Dick Hallorann (Chris Chalk), the Overlook’s telepathic cook from The Shining, and even name-checks Shawshank Prison as part of its expanding mythology.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Add English peas, flat-leaf parsley, and curls of lemon zest for extra character.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • MacLachlan has the visage of a much younger man, and Davis’s signature shiny brown curls are serving.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Several sections south of town offered up steep, short, rocky inclines that did not feel particularly rideable on a bike loaded with camping gear and five days of food and fuel.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Most roads were nothing more than unpaved, gravel tracks with steep inclines, scary drop-offs, and switchback curves.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • What begins as a ritual to have their deepest wishes granted soon twists into a waking nightmare of survival and betrayal.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But what's really cool is how the movie brings those story lines together in a narrative filled with intriguing twists, gnarly kills, heroic sacrifices and a slew of nifty new Predator designs.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Hairpins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairpins. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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