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Recent Examples of purl
The two halves of the hook move independently, enabling the device to knit or purl depending on which part picks up the first loop.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
There was no ocean, no sea in this part of Україна, only a purling river.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2025
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
There was no ocean, no sea in this part of Україна, only a purling river.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purl
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While much is known about Taylor Swift's favorite lipsticks, rumors have swirled over the years about the star's signature scent.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
13 Mar. 2026
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Using a butter knife or thin metal spatula, gently swirl batters to marble (do not overmix).—
Maddy Bendgen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Mar. 2026
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When funding for these services is cut, the consequences ripple through neighborhoods.—
Cordell Cleare,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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But scientists have only tuned into this music of the spheres for about a decade, thanks to sophisticated observatories that were custom-built to pick up these reverberations—gravitational waves—which ripple otherwise unnoticed through the fabric of spacetime.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Spend time in the private courtyard garden, complete with a bubbling fountain.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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With Liu's rise, her father's story bubbled up in China's social media, though any mention was usually brief and cryptic because the 1989 Tiananmen Movement — generally known as 6-4 for the date of the military crackdown, remains a deeply sensitive political taboo in China 37 years later.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Moses’s book eddies around with the energy of someone reporting back from a very long and strange evening clicking through Wikipedia links, enjoying every chance to add a tangent.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Super Bowl was the leviathan in whose eddying wake the pilot fish feed.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Her baby sister gurgling helplessly in the background isn’t the only one utterly dependent on her maternal care.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After dribbling between his legs, Mark switched up and leaned to his right and let loose with a dagger jumper from 20 feet out.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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Raúl had taught us dribbling tricks and how to hit a header from a corner shot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The sparkling Colorado River now laps at the Glen Canyon walls about 180 feet below, completely invisible from a dock that once floated atop the water.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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The sugar-white sand slopes into the bright blue waters, where swimmers relax in the gently lapping surf.—
Cailey Rizzo,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hoover started washing dishes and worked his way up through every position, eventually rising to management during his 10 years at the restaurant.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
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Its worn fleece still feels soft and the zipper doesn’t stick at all, even though it’s been washed countless times.—
The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Purl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purl. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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