coil

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Carroll couldn’t quite believe they managed to keep Vance’s departure from this mortal coil under wraps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

This torque travels along the strand, causing sections outside the pore to coil into plectonemes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

"Maybe, by the time I shuffle off this mortal coil, there might be a little more awareness… of the need to bring things back together again," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

It is the path of the coil as copper twists and turns that converts the voltage from high to low—or low to high—as current flows by mutual induction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Marlie pulled a coil of rope from her pack.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda