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Hobbits “seldom wore shoes, since their feet had tough leathery soles and were clad in a thick curling hair.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

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

Regan Slater: Superb curling free-kick invited Nobel Mendy to attack it for Hull's second.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The wave’s curling face pushed her along, lifting her higher and higher, until the peak toppled forward and the robot went crashing into the surf.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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

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

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather

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

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

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