curling
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Guimaraes stepped up with a goal of the season contender, a curling effort from the edge of the penalty area.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Wendy the coyote was a fixture in the San Fernando Valley community for years, often spotted wandering around the neighborhood or curling up to sunbathe in a patch of grass, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hit the post just before half-time with a brilliant curling effort.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Serena Ventures has met with potential investment targets from travel startups to a curling league.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Mom,” I said, curling up next to her on the bed.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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In thin curlings, the gray smoke floated upwards and lay slumberously among the fleecy clouds.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
Small red and yellow spots with puckerings and curlings of the young leaves of Pears, the spots turning darker later on, are due to Phytoptus.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
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
But should he forget this precaution, never can the dream be brought back to memory: as well try to re-form the curlings of a smoke- wreath blown away.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
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
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