coil
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What you will find are the lovable supporting actors of the meat world: skirt steak, pork riblets, chuck roast, spicy sausage, the occasional coil of chorizo.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
The beaches are empty, and he can concentrate on the beeping in his bulbous yellow headphones, which grows louder as the coil gets closer to metal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
“They’ll coil up into a striking position and if you give them a wide berth they won’t chase you down the trail.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
You have to strain to see him, way up there, high above this mortal coil.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
Its horns thinned, stretching longer to coil spiral at the ends, as sinuously as ink poured into water.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing coil
"Icarus and Daedalus"
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 5
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 4
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