- present participle of curl.
curling
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Spending time with Muirhead and Drummond in Cortina earlier this year, it was clear how much both revelled being back in the elite sport environment and how much curling meant to them.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“The daily chart shows that momentum is curling higher after Tuesday’s shakeout,” the senior market analyst notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
With the defence backing off, Ali Olwan ran from the halfway line to the penalty area before expertly curling the ball in off the post to give Jordan their first World Cup goal.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The final putt — two feet, 10 inches — was appropriately dramatic, teetering along the left edge before curling back into the cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Yukawoo,” Cassiopeia remarked before curling up next to her brothers once more.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Small red and yellow spots with puckerings and curlings of the young leaves of Pears, the spots turning darker later on, are due to Phytoptus.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
She never made fun of Anna's crimpings and curlings and beauty-rites.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
But should he forget this precaution, never can the dream be brought back to memory: as well try to re-form the curlings of a smoke- wreath blown away.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
The paper, after a few obstinate curlings, caught fire, and Frere, blowing the young flame with his breath, the bark began to burn.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
He catalogued its volutes, its stipples, the frisks and curlings of its pattern.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
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Canada - Introductory
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Canada - Middle School and High School
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