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also curlycue
as in coil
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Recent Examples of curlicue
Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2024
But those were lost in Biden’s curlicue responses and halting verbal shuffle.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
The cutwork curlicues, stars, and trees on the border of this runner definitely deliver the wow factor.
—Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
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Noun
There is a small gym, along with a pool (with curlicue handrails and an invigorating counter-current) that guests can book by the hour for complete privacy.
—Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2024
But those were lost in Biden’s curlicue responses and halting verbal shuffle.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
The cutwork curlicues, stars, and trees on the border of this runner definitely deliver the wow factor.
—Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curlicue
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Pinball machines rely on small coils of wound copper wire, electromagnets that eject a plunger that pushes or pulls a mechanism to send the silver ball flying in a new direction.Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
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Prevent the coils from coming apart in storage by securing them with a ribbon or oversized twist tie.Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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The jacket of the suit featured two slit pockets as well as a harness design that looped around the back of the neck.Mikelle Street, WWD, 28 Dec. 2024
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There’s so much ammo in brat, so many intriguing moments that could be looped, taken apart.Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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Perfect Curls Prim, proper, and pristine, Rozenberg has seen a shift to these Shirley-Temple-like curls.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
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In 1970, Smithson traveled to the Great Salt Lake’s Rozel Point peninsula, northwest of Salt Lake City, and arranged 6,000 tons of local black basalt rock into a 1,500-foot-long, protruding line, which reaches into the lake and curls counterclockwise into a spiral.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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In the last 70 years, though, Brooklyn has spiraled toward extinction.Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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When the jumper is falling, games can swiftly spiral into blowouts.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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As Denver faces a High Wind Warning and a winter storm swirls in northwestern Colorado, metro temperatures are forecast to fall to 17 degrees overnight Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
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Smoky, spicy swirls of raspberry preserve, leather, and sweet tobacco meld into a profoundly ripe yet lively and fresh palate, struck by layers of dusty graphite, ore, and iodine.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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In 1957, his research into relativity, Einstein’s idea that the fabric of space is curved by gravitation, revealed a fascinating byproduct.Ken Bridges, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
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The ground-level Emerald Garden Pool & Bar is a mix between Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden and Gaudí — a lagoon-like tropical pool made from vibrant green and blue mosaic tiles that curves around like a lazy river, emulating the natural pools native to Brazil’s Bonito region.Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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Solar flares occur when the sun's intense magnetic fields twist and reconnect, releasing vast amounts of energy.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Aspen Sparkle Courtesy of Suman Pradhan, director of food and beverage at Viceroy Snowmass Into a flute or coupe glass, pour 1 ounce elderflower liqueur, such as St. Germain, top with 5 ounces chilled sparkling wine, and garnish with a lemon twist.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
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The movie also circles around themes of loss, betrayal, unrequited love, and loneliness — but it can easily be missed among the profuse amount of tinsel and blinking Christmas lights.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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Outside, a helicopter that appeared to be watching the gathering below circled overhead, drowning out conversations.Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Curlicue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curlicue. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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