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Recent Examples of comber
In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.
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Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.
—Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
Those two scouts, including Carlos Gomez, a longtime comber of Venezuela’s sandlots, were the first to give Marquez a tryout.
—Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.
—Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
Those two scouts, including Carlos Gomez, a longtime comber of Venezuela’s sandlots, were the first to give Marquez a tryout.
—Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comber
Noun
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Google Images shows a young man with a head of enviable black curls (unlike the head of fifty-one-year-old Thadeus Wong).—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2025
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The chainmail dress was paired with Lorraine Schwartz jewels, while the star’s brunette hair was styled in loose curls.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Further investigation revealed multiple key fobs, a key fob programmer, a window breaker, a small saw, and gloves, all items typically associated with car theft.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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The game breaker Watching Cole play, even on a practice run, brings the beauty of Mario’s maneuvering to the forefront.—
Patricia Hernandez,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The ship also has bumper cars, roller skating, the aforementioned waterslides, two chocolate shops, on-demand cupcakes, and numerous other amenities for kids and teens.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Jan. 2025
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According to a Metropolitan Police press release, the anonymous victim — who asked police to release CCTV footage of the attack — had planned to attend a roller skating event in the Greater London town of Harrow on February 10, 2024.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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From a reading delivered in November in Richmond, Virginia. e began to figure it out on day eleven or twelve of the seven-day trip, the slate and obsidian waves rolling under our stern, the crispy hoarfrost of whitecap foam seeding in our beards, the wind spitting ice in our eyes.—
Mark Richard,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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This is the largest whitecap on what has been a massive wave of consolidation this year in the global insurance sector.—
Kia Kokalitcheva,
Axios,
2 Aug. 2024
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After a morning in the surf, Cape Weligama’s open-air Ocean Terrace restaurant offered a feast: thick, creamy buffalo curd served with coconut treacle; baskets of lacy, crisp egg hoppers; fragrant green bean yellow curry served with regional red rice and crispy pappadums.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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After removing the hooks and lines, Johnson pulled the fish by the tail into the ocean and released it in the surf, video shows.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On the water, target current breaks, pools, and deep riffles where trout will wait and ambush their food.—
Max Inchausti,
Field & Stream,
12 June 2024
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Sandbars and rock bars and gravel bars could be broken down into a full taxonomy describing their size and shape and orientation: chains and traps, riffles and reefs.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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“Comber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comber. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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