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Recent Examples of chicane
Noun
That punch is good out of a very slow corner, like the chicane toward the end of a lap at the former home of the Portuguese Grand Prix. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023 Known for its signature mirrored façade, the 52-story resort has sweeping views of the Las Vegas Strip that will be used for the 1.2-mile main straight, as well as a tight chicane. Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 While the front straight is dry, rain begins pouring down at the Mulsanne chicane on the back end of the track. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023 With a course nearly entirely full of 90-degree turns, minus one chicane and one hairpin, drivers had initially eyed the end of the long straightaway down Jefferson Avenue (between Turns 2 and 3) to be Detroit’s lone reliable passing zone. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for chicane
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chicane
Noun
  • Her example teaches us how such practices can protect innocent people while preventing political chicanery from undermining faith in the American system of governance.
    Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made by History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
  • There will be years of political infighting, courtroom battles, and financial chicanery.
    Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In July 2022, Renay announced her split from NE-YO in a fiery Instagram caption that accused him of cheating.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Here are four deeper psychological factors behind why some people cheat—even in happy relationships.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Tacopina recently appeared on The Breakfast Club to break down key elements of the defense’s strategy in proving Rocky’s innocence, and the plaintiff’s, A$AP Relli, lies and deception.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Today the art world is reeling over not just her deception, but also the stain Ms. Schiff has left on the largely unregulated business of art advising.
    Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Witness was his 1952 manifesto on fellow-traveling American liberals and their treachery, which emboldened the Soviet Union.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The songs typically crop up in the final act of an episode as the tensions (and treacheries) mount.
    Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That would have been a stupid question just about anywhere else, but the exhibition was by Laura Owens, a painter with a penchant for trickery, and the venue was Matthew Marks Gallery in New York, whose press release for Owens’s latest outing offered little in the way of explanation.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Astounding transformations, in which one character takes on the appearance of another, will leave you wondering how the trickery was pulled off.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • With a bit of guidance, navigating between the classic go-to’s and the newer dining options are scattered throughout the properties can lead to incredible culinary discoveries, plenty of popping champagne bottles and even a dash of historical subterfuge.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • This sequence introduces The Agency as a maze of contradictory nationalist motivations, paranoia-inducing surveillance, and prevalent subterfuge — and, in its hidden center, a love story.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The legislation died, not because of its content but because of political gamesmanship.
    Joanie Schirm, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
  • So as uncomfortable as those three games were over the past week, and as uncomfortable as the current stretch of Suspension 2.0 stands for a roster in search of stability, the gamesmanship could endure for another two weeks, if not another three months, if not into the offseason . . .
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Obviously, such a system is rife with uncertainty, and the history of the process is full of skulduggery, both on the club and player side.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Climax became the first ever vegan cheesemaker to win a prestigious Good Food award—though dairy complaints caused the prize to be rescinded at the last minute, with shades of the protectionist, legal skulduggery faced by non-dairy milk products.
    Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Chicane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicane. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.

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