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coil

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verb

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Recent Examples of coil
Noun
Move on to wiping down the exterior of your refrigerator and freezer (following the same rules as the oven exterior), and vacuum the coils. Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025 The coil might have caught on his hoodie. Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
The skunk with distemper is stuck in the window well again, chewing incessantly on the garden hose that is coiled up in there. Miriam Toews september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 Inside each 13-centimeter-long rectangular 8-track cartridge is a loop of almost 1 cm-wide magnetic tape that is coiled around a circular reel, as explained in an EverPresent blog post on the technology. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coil
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coil
Noun
  • Along with each political plot twist in the paddock, technological advancements cause quite a stir.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That calmness, however, was soon overtaken by the kitchen, with the hiss of the pans, stir of the pots and sharp calls exchanged between cooks quickly filling the air, along with the sounds of an upbeat Peruvian song playing in the background.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once all of the hair is curled, Ngatikaura added texture spray to the entire head, using her fingers to pick the hair up and apply the product throughout.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • He was denied a goal in the second half with a curling effort from an acute angle that was cleared off the line.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The disturbance is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 8 to 12 inches with isolated maximum totals of 16 inches in eastern Cuba, and 4 to 8 inches of rain in the Bahamas.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The disturbance draws Rafferty and his men into the heart of the crowd — and away from the entrances — to break up the skirmish.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The impending Urban Cow Half Marathon, which will wind through the neighborhood on Sunday morning, wasn’t a concern, though, for several residents surveyed the afternoon before.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The winding Yampa River forms the heart of Yampa River State Park, just west of Steamboat Springs.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a huge commotion around us.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The K-pop contingent caused a commotion, with Blackpink’s Lisa snapping pics with Stray Kids’ Felix.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Here the set becomes a comedy generator, a set of curving sides that Reeves can lean against and slide bonelessly down.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Roll up each triangle, starting at wide end, and curve edges slightly to form a crescent shape.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Treatment centers, everyone knows, are a racket.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Playtomic Renews Partnership With Premier Padel Through 2026 Playtomic, a community of racket sport players and clubs, has renewed its collaboration with Premier Padel, the official professional padel tour, extending the partnership through the 2026 season.
    Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Uiagalelei has 18 pressures and four sacks this season and has been a force all over the field, including an impressive performance (six pressures, five hurries, one sack) at Penn State last week.
    Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The outlook looks bleak if rookies Kenneth Grant and Jordan Phillips don’t improve in a hurry.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Coil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coil. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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