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coils

  • present tense form of coil (3rd person singular).

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Coils of barbed wire top the cream-coloured high metal fencing.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Coils of clay seem to lurch and bulge, and ceramic glazes crawl and bubble as though still in the kiln.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020

"Coils have a physical limitation that won't change with size," said Humavox's Lachman.

From Reuters • Sep. 10, 2014

Coils of barbed wire are used to fence in pigs.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 21, 2013

Coils, induction, 99, 102.Coils, primary, 109.Coils, secondary, 102, 109.Coincide,

From Electricity for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough