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curling

[kur-ling] / ˈkɜr lɪŋ /




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

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Spending time with Muirhead and Drummond in Cortina earlier this year, it was clear how much both revelled being back in the elite sport environment and how much curling meant to them.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

“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

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

She stared out the window, losing herself in the curling waves.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

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

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather

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

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

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




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