curling
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They arrived at the counter, its frosted-glass window taped with a smattering of flyers, some with print faded in the sun, the corners of their paper curling with age.
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I can feel it curling, lifting from my scalp, encasing my head in a wide, frizzy helmet.
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The badger looked as though she was trying not to laugh, her lips curling around her fangs.
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Betsie had done my hair that morning, laboring for an hour with the curling iron until it was piled high on my head—and so far, for a wonder, it had stayed.
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Nina Sparks became GB's first female snowboarder at a Paralympics, while English athletes took to the ice among GB curling rinks - usually an all-Scottish affair - at the Games for the first time.
From BBC
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