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With the ability to tune the car’s regenerative braking level to the driver’s liking, powering out of corners and then slowing for approaching hairpins is a one-pedal operation, letting the i4 dance effortlessly through the Bavarian switchbacks.
The new electric BMW i4 is a nimble driving machine—with a cinematic soundtrack|Dan Carney|October 15, 2021|Popular-Science
At first glance, the Sleekform Folding Desk is beautiful, with its rustic tabletop and hairpin legs, but what really makes it special is its no-assembly required design.
Best folding desk: Practical and portable options for small spaces|Jen McCaffery|July 26, 2021|Popular-Science
Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."
"Hee-Haw": Jim Carrey Mocks Gun Lovers & Charlton Heston In Spoof|Anna Klassen|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“I never unplug,” says Edith Zimmerman, editor of The Hairpin.
Seven Things to Do on National Day of Unplugging|Sam Schlinkert|March 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But a campaign this volatile undoubtedly faces a few more hairpin turns at the hands of ticked-off voters.
Is It Really Romney?|Howard Kurtz|October 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The hairpin or wire is bent as shown in the illustration, and the rubber band then placed on the inverted U-shaped part.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
The car coasted down a long slope, crossed a bridge and began to go up a hairpin rise.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
The pressure was building now, as we blasted around in a hairpin curve, our acceleration picking up fast.
Greylorn|John Keith Laumer
"Wonderful," said the Widow contemptuously, replacing the hairpin in the knob which was balanced on the top of her head.
In a German Pension|Katherine Mansfield
And it was with him still, even when he was consciously concentrating on the hairpin turns of Mount Lawson's narrow road.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hairpin

hairpin

/ (ˈhɛəˌpɪn) /

noun

a thin double-pronged pin used by women to fasten the hair

(modifier) (esp of a bend in a road) curving very sharply

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