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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

Serena Ventures has met with potential investment targets from travel startups to a curling league.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 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

Winter Olympic gold medallist Eve Muirhead has reversed her retirement, saying being Team GB's chef de mission at this year's Games has inspired her to return to curling after four years away.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

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.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

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

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

Alexander Crandall quickly appeared, in a hide apron covered with curlings of wood.

From Mountain Blood A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer

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




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