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This dynamic “implies a coiling that will eventually resolve in a sharp repricing,” wrote BMO Capital Markets’ head of U.S. rates strategy, Ian Lyngen.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

She looked down and saw a large snake coiling around her left leg.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2024

The study suggests that the development of the coiling and grasping trunk in Platybelodon allowed this group to survive in greater numbers in their open environments.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

The 2.4-mile stretch of Mulholland Highway, named for its resemblance to the coiling reptiles, winds through the Santa Monica Mountains roughly between Kanan Road and Sierra Creek Road.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2023

Then above me a dark shadow loomed over the coiling rope, against the starry sky.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck