winding
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Back in Pennan, a trickle of people trekked down the steep, winding path from the hilltop to see if the pay phone from “Local Hero” was still working and maybe make a call or two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"One way to picture it is that the current "twists" the phase of the coherent quantum state of the superconductor, rather like winding a spring," explains Eryin Wang, lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
On TV, Herbert appeared to be looking off into space on the sideline as McDaniel sat chattering beside him, the game mercifully winding down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But Backstedt made her battle hard on a long, winding, technical course to secure just the third British medal in the discipline, with Emma Pooley taking gold in 2010 and bronze a year later.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A week after our last visit, the Adjoyis walked onto our farm as Ma, Togbe, Mawuli, and I were winding up work for the day.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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
Grid transformers are filled with copper windings, other metallic components, and cellulose-based electrical insulation like kraft paper.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 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
If you went down the river long enough, along its sinewy windings, you’d reach the sea; but what could you do there?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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