coil
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These calculations included measurement noise, as well as the small amount of feedback introduced by the detection coil.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
She was given this form as, although she believed it was the coil causing her pain, a doctor wanted to check for ovarian cancer due to her symptoms.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
She had been experiencing severe abdominal pain since March and thought the coil was to blame.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
At the top of the machine is a smaller coil that produces frequencies and harmonics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
My body felt like a tightly wound coil, but it wasn’t just nervousness anymore.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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The coils on the back of the fridge cool the refrigerant liquid, so if they are dirty or blocked the fridge will not work as well in hot weather.
From BBC ● 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
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
Yo-yo-ing its coils, I soon understood my parents’ reticence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
It began to loop its huge, lazy coils around the man Jack.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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The note was published Friday by strategists Parag Thatte, Binky Chadha and Karthik Prabhu and argued, “the spring is coiled again.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
But many of the features that made them distinctive, including grog tempering, coiled construction and carefully standardized clay preparation, were hidden inside the finished pottery and therefore difficult to copy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The performances bear that out, from Benton and Bing’s steady inner light to Compère’s coiled, watchful Tosha, a compelling portrait of skepticism inside this cocoon of warmth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
When officers finally acted, they pulled only half the hose out, leaving the rest coiled inside the cabinet, and stood there baffled as to why the water wouldn’t flow.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The time of in-between, already a memory, coiled away like a snake within its hole.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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The 2011 “Snake” dress, an oily, coiling swarm made of black polyvinyl, cotton and tulle, is a Hieronymus Bosch horror, everyone’s nightmare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
"Raul's CT scan of a snake embryo revealed a structure we had never seen before ¾ it was a pillar of gut stretching through the spiral of the coiling body," Miyashita says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
His torso was disfigured by an old burn scar that stretched across his spine and midsection, coiling like a shed snakeskin around his left hip.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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