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Recent Examples of furl
Pirate Yakuza proverbial monkey’s paw furls on providing a thrilling pirate life and crime simulator at the expense of a more coherent or emotional story.
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Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Winehouse was entirely in her element, swaying to the sultry songs like a furl of smoke and improvising inflections on the lyrics with aplomb.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
McDonnell’s brow furls slightly underneath his cap.
—Chris MacIas -, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
From every officer’s belt there dangled an insectlike furl of disposable plastic manacles.
—Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
Suddenly, billowing puffs of pollen furl out from the pine’s branches and float through the air like a fluffy, yellow cloud.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 May 2018
Just look at Redbor kale, which is extravagantly purple, with rich pink in the stems, kinks of fuchsia in the veins, and furls of rosy curls.
—Adrienne Rose Johnson, Bon Appetit, 15 June 2017
Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Winehouse was entirely in her element, swaying to the sultry songs like a furl of smoke and improvising inflections on the lyrics with aplomb.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
McDonnell’s brow furls slightly underneath his cap.
—Chris MacIas -, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
From every officer’s belt there dangled an insectlike furl of disposable plastic manacles.
—Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
Suddenly, billowing puffs of pollen furl out from the pine’s branches and float through the air like a fluffy, yellow cloud.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 May 2018
Just look at Redbor kale, which is extravagantly purple, with rich pink in the stems, kinks of fuchsia in the veins, and furls of rosy curls.
—Adrienne Rose Johnson, Bon Appetit, 15 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furl
Noun
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Thise helps seal the outer cuticles and ensure your curls don’t become frizzy, plus tomato, which is supposed to support moisture retention.—
Eden Stuart,
Glamour,
5 Mar. 2026
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After several years of bleach blonde, Ariana Grande showed her natural curls in a video posted on Wednesday.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But tighter curls and coils can benefit from this product, too.—
Eden Stuart,
Glamour,
5 Mar. 2026
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Carl felt another coil on his back.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Its eponymous flowers are deep red-orange and the foliage is composed of whorls of needle-like, silvery-blue leaves.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 June 2025
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In 2024, the Ig Nobel Prize in anatomy went to an international team of scientists for their discovery that scalp hair whorls are more likely to spiral in a counter-clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere compared with the Northern Hemisphere.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Kim lets out a sob and a hank of Natalie’s hair clings to her tears.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
Noun
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The 54-year-old comedian with a beard full of gray stubble drops back to pass, launching a tight spiral underneath SoFi’s massive technicolor halo scoreboard hovering above a sea of empty stands.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Without a thorough understanding of what is happening in our prisons, the death spiral will be hard to turn around.—
Nora Demleitner,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The dance world has often based its plaudits on how spectacularly performers can defy gravity with leaps, kicks and twirls.—
Mercury News,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
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In other words, Uranus moves around our star like a spinning top that is tilted over and that twirls backward.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In one picture from 1995, a tourist in Paris maneuvers for the perfect shot of Notre-Dame’s spire.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2026
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It was previously named the McKinney Texas Temple, to the ire of some Fairview residents, who also took issue with its initial nearly 174-foot-tall spire, taller than any other structure in the town, including its water tower.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Furl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furl. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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