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coil

[koil] / kɔɪl /




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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

As well as anti-depressants, women can be offered the contraceptive pill and other contraceptives like the Mirena coil, which helps to regulate hormones.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

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

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

You cannot shield the banana from the box or the tweezer or the coil; the shield, too, is wiggling and radiating.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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