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coil

[koil] / kɔɪl /




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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

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

I joined the line—and was rewarded with a croissant-like coil laced with a spread made with green chiles and crushed peanuts, and a sourdough rye cookie.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 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

Marlie pulled a coil of rope from her pack.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

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

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

Powell praised the U.S. statement of protest, but warned that “words not backed by real costs…just teach Beijing that its strategy is working. The coils will keep tightening.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

The review identified multiple cancer causing substances in e-cigarette aerosols, including volatile organic compounds and metals released by heating coils.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

The rest of its massive coils were piled up in a fork of the tree branch.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Current theories suggest that magnetic energy builds up as the Sun's magnetic field lines become twisted and coiled -- similar to the mechanical energy stored in a tightly coiled metal spring.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

“High Noon” begins with an atmospheric whistle on loan from a Sergio Leone film, and Georgia rapper Gunna trades verses with Shaboozey over a coiled trap beat tangled with slide guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Zidane, tracking the star-patterned leather like a skeet shooter, hips coiled, unloaded a gold-medal hit.

From BBC May 28, 2026

Played by a snarling, coiled Tom Blyth, Dee swaggers whereas Taylor shrinks.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2026

By 1925, Hale had shed his past, but there remained a faded photograph from the contest; it showed Hale and Grammer sitting proudly on their horses, holding up coiled ropes.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

This dynamic “implies a coiling that will eventually resolve in a sharp repricing,” wrote BMO Capital Markets’ head of U.S. rates strategy, Ian Lyngen.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 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

Suddenly, the form of the coiling serpent dangling from the tree by her head is seen to match the shape of her own spiraling hair, which is directly adjacent.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2024

The study suggests that the development of the coiling and grasping trunk in Platybelodon allowed this group to survive in greater numbers in their open environments.

From Science Daily Nov. 28, 2023

To some suddenly it seemed that they saw a snake coiling itself to strike.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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