: 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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The Milan Cortina Paralympics will officially kick off with the opening ceremony on Friday, but the schedule for wheelchair curling started Wednesday.
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ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Wlodarski had both knees replaced this past year and can’t yet get down low and slide on the ice in that hallmark curling lunge.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
Fun for an ol’ boy from Texas to put on parkas and snow boots and tromp around writing about luge and curling and downhill skiing.
—Kevin Sherrington
feb. 23, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
The seemingly quaint and cordial sport of curling was rocked by cheating allegations during the Winter Games.
—Sallee Ann Harrison, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Wlodarski had both knees replaced this past year and can’t yet get down low and slide on the ice in that hallmark curling lunge.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
Fun for an ol’ boy from Texas to put on parkas and snow boots and tromp around writing about luge and curling and downhill skiing.
—Kevin Sherrington
feb. 23, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
The seemingly quaint and cordial sport of curling was rocked by cheating allegations during the Winter Games.
—Sallee Ann Harrison, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Curling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curling. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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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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