curling
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From the angle just inside the area, his right-foot curling drive into the top corner gave Emiliano Martinez no chance.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The daily chart shows that momentum is curling higher after Tuesday’s shakeout,” the senior market analyst notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
She experienced "toe curling pain" when she breastfed her baby in the first few weeks.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The final putt — two feet, 10 inches — was appropriately dramatic, teetering along the left edge before curling back into the cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
A tall boy, still thin from growing, two dark brows reaching for a mess of black and curling hair.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Her form by its endless shiftings uttered delicate phrases of pleasure, surprise, or love; her hands and fingers were orators, and eloquent were the curlings and tappings of her Arab feet.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
She never made fun of Anna's crimpings and curlings and beauty-rites.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
Alexander Crandall quickly appeared, in a hide apron covered with curlings of wood.
From Mountain Blood A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
The paper, after a few obstinate curlings, caught fire, and Frere, blowing the young flame with his breath, the bark began to burn.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
He catalogued its volutes, its stipples, the frisks and curlings of its pattern.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
Vocabulary lists containing curling
Canada - Introductory
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Canada - Middle School and High School
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