coil
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And, while it would be easier for you to slip this mortal coil and leave your assets in the hands of your sons to do with that money as they please, it’s your money.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
On the slithering “Naraka,” a mass of voices come together in a chant while a dense tangle of electronics coil around them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
What you will find are the lovable supporting actors of the meat world: skirt steak, pork riblets, chuck roast, spicy sausage, the occasional coil of chorizo.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
When she was 23, she had the Mirena coil fitted, which reduced the amount of bleeding but not the pain.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
You cannot shield the banana from the box or the tweezer or the coil; the shield, too, is wiggling and radiating.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Traditional MRI antennas, also known as RF coils, often have trouble collecting enough signal from tissues located deep inside the body or in anatomically complex regions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many of the adverts also appeared to be AI-generated, using visuals such as copper coils and metallic boxes to make the products seem more sophisticated.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
On Independence Day 1826, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson—former presidents who had been great friends, then bitter enemies, then friends again—shuffled off their mortal coils within hours of each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
He estimates the tune-up can help a household save up to 15% on an electric bill, “especially if coils are dirty and airflow is restricted,” Rogers said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
She coils one of her locs around the tip of her index finger and tilts her head slightly as she thinks.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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“They’re being pressed like a coiled spring, and one day this coiled spring will break.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
"It's the history, the quirkiness, the layout of the arena, how close the spectators are. It's everything," says Crucible MC Rob Walker, a coiled spring each April.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
“Now that we have an accumulation of positive news for the stock, and now for the market, Intel was like a coiled spring ready to go,” Ken Mahoney, CEO of Mahoney Asset Management, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
Duvall’s coiled intensity was a key element in the first two “Godfather” movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
John shouted back, but Pa headed into the field, hollering and waving a coiled rope to scare the cattle east.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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Such coiling action often resolves in an explosive move.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
She points out the spool of paper tickets in the box office, now coiling on the floor and ready to be counted.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
Robert Smithson had bulldozed dirt and rocks to build a spiral jetty coiling out into Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Liquid inks are bound by the rules of fluid dynamics, which means when they fall from a height, they become unstable, folding and coiling in on themselves.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2023
Shackleton paused to let Worsley and Crean catch up with him, coiling the slack rope between them as they came.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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