hairpins

Definition of hairpinsnext
plural of hairpin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairpins
Noun
  • While authorities said 11 of the 12 victims were killed in avalanches triggered by exceptionally unstable conditions on ungroomed backcountry slopes, The Associated Press reported a total of 13 deaths.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Whether that’s going to see a show, tossing some axes, cuddling with some cats at a café or racing down the slopes, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Her waterline was filled with black liner, which melted into the corners of her eyes.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In fact, one shopper even credits it with improving sagging corners around the mouth and forehead creasing.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • It’s coordinated by local cells responding to each other through signals and feedback loops, making decisions where the information actually exists.
    Amy Eliza Wong, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The track has been under construction for months, and now loops across several levels of the backlot.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Stanton demonstrates his battery by shorting the coils, which halts the pendulum due to the magnetic field’s braking effect.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Don't submerge the coils in water or use soap on them.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some have the long silky fur of Persian cats; others the trademark ears of Scottish folds.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
  • During a search at the police department, Insogna was allegedly found with 18 wax folds of heroin/fentanyl under her clothes near her ankle, the report said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But recently TikTok is discovering the face-framing magic that comes from turning your curls inward.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2026
  • These handles are usually coloured red or yellow, to identify each team’s stones, and the players control which way the stone curls by rotating the handle in one direction or the other.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • There was treadmill work, the running deck set at steep inclines, the speed gradually increasing.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But the car—small, low to the ground, and exceedingly heavy, owing to the ballistic steel and glass—is not suited to a city like Caracas, which is rife with steep inclines and deep potholes, and is best travelled in a four-by-four.
    Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Each year there are new twists to the game and activities during the three-day celebration of the best basketball players in the world.
    Dan Loumena, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And the pastas deliver, whether trofie, tiny twists of fresh pasta, with a vibrant green pesto or farfallone, essentially bowties on steroids, in a Calabrian chile butter with bits of smoky pancetta.
    Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Hairpins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairpins. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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