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Clouds billow and curl; chariots race upward, representing sutras that may deliver you to heaven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

For those who can not find a private spot to curl up this afternoon, finding somewhere to sit quietly for 10 minutes or so can also be helpful.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

The ETF remains well above its 200-day simple moving average, and the 21-day exponential moving average has begun to curl lower.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Maslany: My instinct is to curl into a ball and pretend it never happened.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Red paint streaked the sides and a lazy curl of smoke ribboned from the top.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

She pulls a hand-held camera from her purse, adjusts her soft curls, and applies a fresh coat of lip gloss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

She is standing in front of The Barefoot Contessa with her dark hair coaxed into perky curls, wearing a matching aubergine button-down and skirt.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

So when he heard on social media that Germans were congregating in Times Square, Altmeks readily pulled on a jersey of his hero Rudi Voller -- plus a wig mimicking the famed striker's blond curls.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

With 20 minutes to go at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the midfielder's sweaty curls could be spotted bounding through blue shirts to pick up Sylvain Wiltord's pass.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

At the next locker over, a girl with frizzy brown curls applied lipstick behind a small gold compact.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Although it’s his version of normal, Randolph said he wouldn’t blame the boy if Carter curled up in a ball and sulked about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The 27-year-old then picked his spot and curled in a shot at the far post to notch his eighth goal of this tournament, tying him with Argentina’s Lionel Messi for the lead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Returning home from a play date with her baby, new mum Angharad found her partner "curled up in a ball, rocking on the sofa".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Messi curled a corner kick to the mouth of the goal and Cristian Romero thunked it off a Cape Verde arm and into the net.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Bruno faced me and glowered, but as soon as Frederick was asleep, he wrapped himself in his blanket and curled up by the fire.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Wendy the coyote was a fixture in the San Fernando Valley community for years, often spotted wandering around the neighborhood or curling up to sunbathe in a patch of grass, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The propulsive groove on “Another Life” evokes a thudding drum break pulled from a dusty groove pressed in the early ’70s, as Ms. Howard sings forcefully, moving between a curling falsetto and a feral howl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Winter Olympic gold medallist Eve Muirhead has reversed her retirement, saying being Team GB's chef de mission at this year's Games has inspired her to return to curling after four years away.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

He unleashed a curling strike that found the back of the net, saving Argentina once again on its way to a 3-1 victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

As he made his way around and around and down the two flights of curling, corkscrewing steps, his shoes were honking out a song: “The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein