: a game in which two teams of four players each slide curling stones over a stretch of ice toward a target circle
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Sebastian Berhalter, the son of former U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter, who once spent a season on loan with Austin FC, stood over the free kick and served a low curling ball into the box, where Richards slid with his leg outstretched to direct the ball home.
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Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 20 June 2025
In primetime on the east coast, on Father’s Day, Spaun claimed his first major title by pouring in a curling 64-foot birdie putt on the final hole of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, a bastion of the game best known for having some of the fearsome greens in golf.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Argentina’s eight-time Ballon d’Or winner kicked a long, curling shot from the right side that was tipped by diving goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy and brushed off the crossbar in the 96th minute front of a crowd of more than 60,000 at Hard Rock Stadium.
—James Robson, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2025
Argentina’s eight-time Ballon d’Or winner kicked a long curling shot from the right side that was tipped by diving goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy and brushed off the crossbar in the 96th minute front of a crowd of more than 60,000 at Hard Rock Stadium.
—James Robson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
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Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 20 June 2025
In primetime on the east coast, on Father’s Day, Spaun claimed his first major title by pouring in a curling 64-foot birdie putt on the final hole of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, a bastion of the game best known for having some of the fearsome greens in golf.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Argentina’s eight-time Ballon d’Or winner kicked a long, curling shot from the right side that was tipped by diving goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy and brushed off the crossbar in the 96th minute front of a crowd of more than 60,000 at Hard Rock Stadium.
—James Robson, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2025
Argentina’s eight-time Ballon d’Or winner kicked a long curling shot from the right side that was tipped by diving goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy and brushed off the crossbar in the 96th minute front of a crowd of more than 60,000 at Hard Rock Stadium.
—James Robson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
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“Curling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curling. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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curling
noun
curl·ing
ˈkər-liŋ 
: a game in which two teams of four players slide special stones over ice toward a target circle
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