as in coils
to follow a circular or spiral course
an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir
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Recent Examples of curls
Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
As summer winds down and your strands have endured heatwaves, pool days, and sweaty workouts, your curls might be begging for a break.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Topped with silky mocha mousse and a light cappuccino cream, the cake is finished with a chocolate drizzle and white chocolate curls, creating a visually striking presentation.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Although Richards wore her hair in big curls, her natural beauty shined with light, rosy eyeshadow, blush, and lipstick.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
His passing repertoire covered above – drive-and-kicks, curls, interior feeds, lobs, and pick-and-roll reads – touches upon nearly every aspect of how Denver plays.
—Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
While the bottle curls mirror the historical, that’s where the accuracy ends.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The top layer of the cake is a lighter, silkier cappuccino mousse with a chocolate drizzle and white chocolate curls.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
He’s blessed with a tense, scrabbling physicality on screen, plus a baby-Brando glower beneath a head of striking blond curls, and Nemes directs him into a stance of braced, vulnerable defensiveness that serves the film’s purposes well — even if his character, too, wants for interior light.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
Her bouncy blowout included her signature soft curls that blew against the wind.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
As summer winds down and your strands have endured heatwaves, pool days, and sweaty workouts, your curls might be begging for a break.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Topped with silky mocha mousse and a light cappuccino cream, the cake is finished with a chocolate drizzle and white chocolate curls, creating a visually striking presentation.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Although Richards wore her hair in big curls, her natural beauty shined with light, rosy eyeshadow, blush, and lipstick.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
His passing repertoire covered above – drive-and-kicks, curls, interior feeds, lobs, and pick-and-roll reads – touches upon nearly every aspect of how Denver plays.
—Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
While the bottle curls mirror the historical, that’s where the accuracy ends.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The top layer of the cake is a lighter, silkier cappuccino mousse with a chocolate drizzle and white chocolate curls.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
He’s blessed with a tense, scrabbling physicality on screen, plus a baby-Brando glower beneath a head of striking blond curls, and Nemes directs him into a stance of braced, vulnerable defensiveness that serves the film’s purposes well — even if his character, too, wants for interior light.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curls
Noun
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Kenwood’s sitter has her hair in ringlets, while Philadelphia’s does not.—
Gareth Harris,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are so many runners to filter through to the start line in their coloured waves that by the time the last pairs of feet have set off, the elite athletes have long finished.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Small pups get the first splash, followed by bigger dogs ready to make waves.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Residents turn out in pumpkin clothing to celebrate the pumpkin parade that winds its way through the village.—
Katherine Laidlaw,
HubSpot,
5 Sep. 2025
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The train winds through the Great Karoo Desert, a sparsely populated area of vast open plains, savannas, and grassland.—
Alesandra Dubin,
AFAR Media,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On Wednesday, images of Kate Middleton sporting a new blonde look surfaced on social media, and while many websites and Instagram accounts took to praising her lighter locks and reposting the photos, the comments sections of these posts told a different story.—
Alison Mann,
SELF,
5 Sep. 2025
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The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The mortality curves from Gompertz models associated with the three migratory strategies are presented on panel A–C—the death rates m(x) (gray dots) are also presented.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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As the road curves around, the Inland Sea comes into view, its small pool feeding into the ocean through a massive slit in the cliff.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Curls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curls. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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