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  • noun curling Any shot that curls around another rock.

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Examples

  • I guess the strategy I'll need to employ is the "last-minute come-around" if I'm to have a chance at winning anymore.

    GAMING NEWS: Cats Gone WILD! MaksimSmelchak 2007

  • Now that come-around was achieved as a result of pretty severe import restrictions, by the restoration of what you regard and I regard as orthodox monetary restraint, by improvement in the terms of trade and also by the receipt of Defence Aid.

    Challenge of Our Time 1954

  • - Germany's Andrea Schopp made a come-around takeout to score the winning deuce with the hammer in the extra end to sink Scotland's Eve Muirhead 8-6 in the gold medal final of the Ford World Women's Curling Championship at the Credit Union iplex Sunday evening.

    Ottawa Sun 2010

  • - Germany's Andrea Schopp made a come-around takeout to score the winning deuce with the hammer in the extra end to sink Scotland's Eve Muirhead 8-6 in the gold medal final of the Ford World Women's Curling Championship at the Credit Union iplex Sunday evening.

    Ottawa Sun 2010

  • - Germany's Andrea Schopp made a come-around takeout to score the winning deuce with the hammer in the extra end to sink Scotland's Eve Muirhead 8-6 in the gold medal final of the Ford World Women's Curling Championship at the Credit Union iplex Sunday evening.

    London Free Press 2010

  • - Germany's Andrea Schopp made a come-around takeout to score the winning deuce with the hammer in the extra end to sink Scotland's Eve Muirhead 8-6 in the gold medal final of the Ford World Women's Curling Championship at the Credit Union iplex Sunday evening.

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • - Germany's Andrea Schopp made a come-around takeout to score the winning deuce with the hammer in the extra end to sink Scotland's Eve Muirhead 8-6 in the gold medal final of the Ford World Women's Curling Championship at the Credit Union iplex Sunday evening.

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • "We've seen that with John (Morris, Alberta's vice-skip, who had some tough outings against Howard earlier this season) in a couple of our previous games; if Brent and Craig can put me in an offensive position, and then I can make a good come-around, all of a sudden, it's different shots for John.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

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