as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
combed the library for the missing book
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Recent Examples of comb
After that deadline, NBC News reports the department will begin combing through troops’ medical records to find any trans service members who haven’t come forward.
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Abby Monteil, Them., 16 May 2025
On Saturday, more than 150 searchers combed the 1,400-acre preserve using a grid system, the office said in a later news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2025
The Gestapo, Hitler’s secret police, combed the Poles’ ranks in search of men with experience in clandestine resistance organizations.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
President Donald Trump’s evolving tariff policies have added more turbulence to the sector in recent weeks, and many investors are combing for signs of demand pressure.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 May 2025
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Abby Monteil, Them., 16 May 2025
On Saturday, more than 150 searchers combed the 1,400-acre preserve using a grid system, the office said in a later news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2025
The Gestapo, Hitler’s secret police, combed the Poles’ ranks in search of men with experience in clandestine resistance organizations.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
President Donald Trump’s evolving tariff policies have added more turbulence to the sector in recent weeks, and many investors are combing for signs of demand pressure.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 May 2025
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It had been visited by an investigator, searching for locations where someone may have spotted Chandler around the time of the murders.—
Ruth Chenetz,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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Divers were searching New York City’s East River under the Roosevelt Island Bridge Friday for a missing 15-year-old girl who went into the water but never resurfaced.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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Those waterfowl sure can rake … putting 13 runs on upstart Liberty to get back to the World Series stage.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Last year the Village Board voted to require Oak Park homeowners residents to bag their leaves instead of just raking their leaves into the street as they had been accustomed to doing.—
Bob Skolnik,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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JoJo Romero regaining his form Speaking of pitchers who have turned it around, Romero has found his groove again.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
26 May 2025
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More information can be found online at pnw.edu/leadership-institute or by reaching out to the Leadership Institute at [email protected].—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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“Comb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comb. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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