curling
Example Sentences
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The visitors pushed Atletico back for large swathes of the first half and Dimarco came close again with a curling effort which just flew wide of the top corner.
From Barron's
And Correa capped a brilliant night for Inter by curling in off the right post two minutes after coming off the bench.
From Seattle Times
Two minutes later it could have been 2-0 had Vitinho's curling effort been the other side of the post after a mix-up between Vickers and his defenders on the edge of the box.
From BBC
Fernandes saw his free header sail just wide on the strike of half-time and the Portuguese midfielder had a curling effort tipped on to the post by Navas after the restart.
From BBC
Wilson rolled the ball to him on the edge of the area and the cleanly struck, curling strike was in the moment it left his boot.
From BBC
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