as in curved
marked by a long series of irregular curves
a curling labyrinth designed to discourage grave robbers from ever finding the inner burial chamber
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as in coiling
to follow a circular or spiral course
an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir
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Recent Examples of curling
Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
But Arsenal would double its lead in the 35th minute when Saka sent a curling free kick into the box.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
It’s designed to give your lashes double the curling effect of other brands, partly resulting from the unique ultra-curved lash-styling brush.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Recently, she’s gotten into curling.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
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Messi’s two goals – the first, a close-range finish, and the second, a sensational curling free-kick – at the end of the first half helped Inter Miami best the Crew to win the trophy, which is given to the team with the best overall regular season record.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
But Arsenal would double its lead in the 35th minute when Saka sent a curling free kick into the box.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
It’s designed to give your lashes double the curling effect of other brands, partly resulting from the unique ultra-curved lash-styling brush.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Recently, she’s gotten into curling.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
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Another long and winding answer followed — about affordability, regulations, building her own home, the virtues of shop class — before Gluesenkamp Perez finally expressed concern the proposal could merely end up boosting housing costs.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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Katie Hafner: Susan Galbraith understands that the long and winding path to launching a new product requires a team effort.Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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The flower’s strong, curving stem makes the work not so much forceful as definitive.Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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But by using the holographic dictionary to look at the particles from their other perspective, as a gently curving space-time, physicists can calculate the outcome using Einstein’s gravity equations and then translate the answer back to get a sense of how the nuclei would smash together.Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Lead actor Nathan Meister returns to the role of Henry Oldfield, the sheep-phobic son of a farmer who discovers his twisted older brother has been carrying out dangerous genetic experiences on his livestock, which transform them from docile vegetarians to ruthless, carnivorous killers.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The other two tales — equally twisted takes on Hansel and Gretel and Goldilocks — offer additional cultural insight into the era.EW.com, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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In the strange weather and serpentine melodies of Classic Objects, Jenny Hval walks a labyrinth of memory, through a Carl Theodor Dreyer screening, past Prada Marfa, into the woods.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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The serpentine trip-hop track lives somewhere in the haze between haunting and euphoric, with a warmth and sensuality that permeate the spectral space beneath pinku’s soft, siren-like voice.Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Curling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curling. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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