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Recent Examples of looping
Anne Schrager,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Feb. 2026
Tight baseline battles, pressure from Shelton and counterattacks from Ruud, using the violent topspin of those big looping forehands.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Maggie Daley Park Chicago The quarter-mile outdoor skating ribbon in Maggie Daley Park—with 27,500 feet of ice surface—is a looping path with slight elevation changes that curves past pine trees, a rock climbing wall, and a gorgeous city view.
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Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Midwest Living,
4 Jan. 2026
But tops aren’t the only clothing item that’s made from inter-looping yarn.
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Julia Guerra,
InStyle,
31 Dec. 2025
In our seminar, Bolin later showed a visualization of 3I/ATLAS's orbit around the galaxy — no neat ellipse, but rather a looping, spiraling path distorted by encounters with gas clouds, spiral arms and dark matter.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
2 Dec. 2025
Launched in February 2020, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has been following a looping path around the Sun.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Key qualities are the multicolor LED lights and sound machine functions (30 non-looping sounds, by the way).
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Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The main performance is scheduled to include aerial acrobatics, bondage, burlesque and drag performers from groups such as The Dragonettes, AKArts Collective and others with hypnotic live looping and vocal music from Morgan Sorne.
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Anne Schrager,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Feb. 2026
Tight baseline battles, pressure from Shelton and counterattacks from Ruud, using the violent topspin of those big looping forehands.
—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Maggie Daley Park Chicago The quarter-mile outdoor skating ribbon in Maggie Daley Park—with 27,500 feet of ice surface—is a looping path with slight elevation changes that curves past pine trees, a rock climbing wall, and a gorgeous city view.
—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Midwest Living,
4 Jan. 2026
But tops aren’t the only clothing item that’s made from inter-looping yarn.
—
Julia Guerra,
InStyle,
31 Dec. 2025
In our seminar, Bolin later showed a visualization of 3I/ATLAS's orbit around the galaxy — no neat ellipse, but rather a looping, spiraling path distorted by encounters with gas clouds, spiral arms and dark matter.
—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
2 Dec. 2025
Launched in February 2020, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has been following a looping path around the Sun.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Key qualities are the multicolor LED lights and sound machine functions (30 non-looping sounds, by the way).
—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looping
Adjective
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Our planet sits along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about halfway from the center, according to NASA.
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Things rapidly spiral out of control for the quartet as a waking nightmare, filled with ghostly figures and sudden disappearances, unfolds.
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Joe Kramm | Courtesy of Francis Interiors The gold background is a spread of bold graphic lines, undulating shapes and coiling circular motifs, referencing the work of French artist, sculptor and designer Jean Dunand (1877–1942).
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Receiving a ball punched out of Tunisia’s area, the Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder took one touch to knock it into space, before coiling his diminutive frame behind a fierce shot that fizzed and curled into the net.
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The basic idea is that when anxiety spikes, pulling out a few sensory-engaging items can stave off panic by interrupting spiraling thoughts.
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Still annoyed, weirdly offended, and slightly spiraling.
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The evening of the shoot, there was frequent hum of tourist helicopters circling the island, and a few party boats blasting music, which threatened to put a damper on the plans.
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Minutes later the pike was just under the surface, circling close to the boat.
Adjective
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However, the situation for gas giants is somewhat more complicated because of their swirling atmospheres.
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Scrape banana cream mixture on top of cake and spread out until nearly to edges, swooping and swirling decoratively.
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Another great attempt by Cabral, another curling effort on a free kick, forced a remarkable save from Martínez to keep holding on to the one-goal lead.
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This five-in-one gadget is for all your hair-curling and smoothing needs.
Adjective
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Any number of odd, zigzag examples can be used to make the case that legislative districts in Wisconsin are excessively gerrymandered.
Verb
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The tracks where the train derailed are on a curving section of a bridge over the Grand Calumet River.
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The innovative Panoramic Display consists of a 48-inch screen curving from door to door along the base of the windshield.
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“Looping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looping. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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