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curling

[kur-ling] / ˈkɜr lɪŋ /




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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

The propulsive groove on “Another Life” evokes a thudding drum break pulled from a dusty groove pressed in the early ’70s, as Ms. Howard sings forcefully, moving between a curling falsetto and a feral howl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

That was quickly apparent after Newcastle fell behind inside four minutes, following Filip Ugrinic's curling opener.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

“I love it,” she said, her accent curling around the words.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

She never made fun of Anna's crimpings and curlings and beauty-rites.

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather

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

He catalogued its volutes, its stipples, the frisks and curlings of its pattern.

From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks

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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