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curling

[kur-ling] / ˈkɜr lɪŋ /




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“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

With the defence backing off, Ali Olwan ran from the halfway line to the penalty area before expertly curling the ball in off the post to give Jordan their first World Cup goal.

From BBC Jun. 24, 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

“Yukawoo,” Cassiopeia remarked before curling up next to her brothers once more.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

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

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

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




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