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  • present participle of curl.
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curling

[kur-ling] / ˈkɜr lɪŋ /




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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

Serena Ventures has met with potential investment targets from travel startups to a curling league.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

Regan Slater: Superb curling free-kick invited Nobel Mendy to attack it for Hull's second.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The badger looked as though she was trying not to laugh, her lips curling around her fangs.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

In thin curlings, the gray smoke floated upwards and lay slumberously among the fleecy clouds.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

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

She never made fun of Anna's crimpings and curlings and beauty-rites.

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather

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

Alexander Crandall quickly appeared, in a hide apron covered with curlings of wood.

From Mountain Blood A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer




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