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  • "Space Shuttle Endeavour making S-turn during atmospheric re-entry," Noguchi wrote on his Twitpic page, where he post his space photos from Twitter, @Astro_Soichi.

    ISS Astronaut Captures Shuttle Landing from Cupola | Universe Today 2010

  • A tight S-turn will force skiers to quickly swap speed for control.

    Beautiful And Dangerous 2008

  • I passed the little Baptist church, swung hard around the dogleg left, straightened out the first S-turn and there she was.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2007

  • You don't want to row a lot to maneuver a car in a parking lot or bend it through a 25-mph S-turn, but you also don't want a sneeze to take a car into a ditch at 75 mph on the highway.

    BMW 650i Michael Frank 2006

  • Otay is easy with a trailer: take the 905 east, you'll pass by Brown airfield on your left, make a big lazy S-turn and straight to the border. the Declaration lanes are to the right and there is parking for your truck and trailer.

    Bringing Personal Belongings to Mexico 2004

  • I get as much juice out of a perfect S-turn as these guys do riding down sheer mountain faces in the Alps. Snow is snow, and I'm stoked.

    No, You’re Wrong! 2003

  • I get as much juice out of a perfect S-turn as these guys do riding down sheer mountain faces in the Alps. Snow is snow, and I'm stoked.

    Sn0wpr0n 2003

  • He got around the first, then made an S-turn to get around the second on the other side.

    Yon Ill Wind Anthony, Piers 1996

  • He got around the first, then made an S-turn to get around the second on the other side.

    Yon Ill Wind Anthony, Piers 1996

  • There was a sign with a picture of an S-turn and Svolta Pericolosa.

    The Short Stories Ernest Hemingway 1953

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