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winding

[wahyn-ding] / ˈwaɪn dɪŋ /


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Military trucks sped across winding roads through farmland and quiet villages to one of Europe's most strategic borders, separating Poland and the Russian exclave Kaliningrad.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The 39-year-old Irish actor said that she had an “incredible experience” leading the “Bridgerton” series, but her storyline is naturally winding down.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Khosla had seen Microsoft’s announcement last year that it was winding down its free nonprofit licenses beginning July 2025, but, per the record, he should have still been in the clear.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The idea resembles winding optical fiber around a spool, but nanofabrication makes it possible to fit the path into a far smaller footprint.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

He stood a little taller, keeping in step with her as they continued through the outskirts’ winding streets.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The company’s share price took a hit last month when the startup missed delivery expectations for the third quarter and lowered its production forecast, reportedly because of miscommunication with its supplier of copper windings.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2024

They also discovered that the optical vortices could be modified by adjusting the topological charge, which is essentially the number of windings around the optical axis.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2024

Reed, a freelance writer who “has owned a Dodge, a Ford and a Buick,” describes the novel as having a “Tolstoy-sized cast” and “more windings than a Byzantine intrigue.”

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2021

It’s that manufacturing agility that allowed a company whose top product was a tour-played ball with rubber windings to switch to solid-core, multilayer constructions with the introduction of the Pro V1 in late 2000.

From Golf Digest Sep. 24, 2019

They looked back, but they could not see far because of the many windings and rollings of the Road.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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