spool

Example Sentences

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Some models can spool this wire as far as 30 miles, which is about the breadth of the Strait of Hormuz at its narrowest point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

She points out the spool of paper tickets in the box office, now coiling on the floor and ready to be counted.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

She grabs a zipper and spool of thread.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

"Data is a sequence of bits and bytes," explains senior product developer, Alexey Mantsev, as film ran through a spool at his fingertips.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

He handed me a spool of thread and a needle.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman