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Recent Examples of curlicue
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
26 Nov. 2025
One block away sits the Ottawa County Jail, a squat beige brick building framed by curlicues of razor wire.
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Austin Fast,
USA Today,
20 Nov. 2025
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
24 June 2023
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Noun
The accessory was designed in a bright pink tone with a curlicue element on the crown of the piece.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
26 Nov. 2025
One block away sits the Ottawa County Jail, a squat beige brick building framed by curlicues of razor wire.
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Austin Fast,
USA Today,
20 Nov. 2025
Verb
Outside, winding paths through gardens and woods lead to site-specific installations, like Eleven Minute Line, a land-art piece by Maya Lin that curlicues through a field of cows.
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Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
24 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curlicue
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Improved athleticism is owed to the restomod’s coil-over suspension, front sway bar, 18-inch wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport tires, and Baer disc brakes.
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Uncle Funky's Daughter Founded by Renee Morris, Uncle Funky’s Daughter develops clean haircare products that enhance curls, coils, and natural texture.
Verb
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Wear this style in your hair with a linen dress, tie it around your neck to elevate a simple tank, or loop it onto your bag for an easy accent.
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Choose a spare sock and loop it at the end to secure, or choose a breathable piece of fabric such as cheesecloth or muslin to wrap around the bar soap.
Noun
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The twisting barrel easily clamps to hair (without pulling) and gives you long-lasting curls for up to two days.
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As for beauty, Madonna wore her golden doll-like curls down with a middle part and hair clips.
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Starmer’s attempt to tackle Britain’s spiralling benefits bill was thwarted by his own MPs.
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Pandoras box is now open in a way that only movies depicted, and the situation is already spiraling.
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Meanwhile, Connor Hellebuyck and Matthew Knies also find themselves in the middle of a swirl of chatter as talks heat up ahead of Friday’s NHL draft.
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The Malibu coconut rum, pineapple and coconut flavors can be enhanced by adding a fruit swirl of your choosing — strawberry, blackberry, mango or watermelon.
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Prep with a lightweight blowout cream and use a large round brush to create lift at the roots while keeping the ends smooth and softly curved.
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The tracks where the train derailed are on a curving section of a bridge over the Grand Calumet River.
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In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.
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Then again, and again, stopping each time to adjust for a beat, a movement, the flow of actors in the room, a twist of a hand, an arm thrown that way, not this way.
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Night is falling in Altadena as bats circle, peacocks wail and photographer Kevin Cooley tries to capture what’s left of a tree.
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Caglianone circled the bases for the sixth time in his last five games.
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“Curlicue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curlicue. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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