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Recent Examples of coiled
Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Enormous ventilation pipes were coiled like snakes on the roof of the building.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Anyway, because of the *slightly* complex situation with the aneurysm (nothing bad, just not typical), it wasn’t coiled that weekend.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Photos from the organization show the python safely coiled on a white towel after it had been brought in.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
For loc’d and tightly coiled textures, where rinsing is more difficult, a detox is even more important.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Forty-five minutes later, the racetrack appears almost without warning — coiled like a basking viper in the Tuscan countryside.
—Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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
Verb
The lights, neatly coiled last January, have evolved into a glowing knot of holiday resentment.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Enormous ventilation pipes were coiled like snakes on the roof of the building.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Anyway, because of the *slightly* complex situation with the aneurysm (nothing bad, just not typical), it wasn’t coiled that weekend.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Photos from the organization show the python safely coiled on a white towel after it had been brought in.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
For loc’d and tightly coiled textures, where rinsing is more difficult, a detox is even more important.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Forty-five minutes later, the racetrack appears almost without warning — coiled like a basking viper in the Tuscan countryside.
—Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coiled
Verb
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Brontë shared a video on her Instagram of her daughter Zelly, who was curled on the couch chowing down on a frozen bag of breast milk.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Edebiri wore a face-framing layer curled over her forehead for an Art Deco effect, with a few flippy layers at her ends to add movement.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Anya wrote this down in a spiral notebook, in her particular spiked cursive.—
Nell Freudenberger,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Their misadventures spiral into odd, escalating situations that would play better with sharper writing or more adventurous direction.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2026
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Fashion lovers, celebrities, and stylists alike are fans of this polished shoulder bag, thanks to its durable leather, curved top handle, and flat base.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
15 Dec. 2025
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Additive manufacturing allows load-bearing structures to follow curved, organic geometries dictated by optimization algorithms rather than the straight ribs and stringers of traditional airframes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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In our seminar, Bolin later showed a visualization of 3I/ATLAS's orbit around the galaxy — no neat ellipse, but rather a looping, spiraling path distorted by encounters with gas clouds, spiral arms and dark matter.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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And with a swirling snow falling in the second half which made scoring near impossible, the Broncos needed to grab points when the situation arose.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Patriots advanced with a 10-7 win against the Denver Broncos in the middle of a swirling snowstorm.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Tight baseline battles, pressure from Shelton and counterattacks from Ruud, using the violent topspin of those big looping forehands.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Maggie Daley Park Chicago The quarter-mile outdoor skating ribbon in Maggie Daley Park—with 27,500 feet of ice surface—is a looping path with slight elevation changes that curves past pine trees, a rock climbing wall, and a gorgeous city view.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Midwest Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Coiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coiled. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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