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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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More than 1,000 Amazon shoppers just bought this five-in-one curling iron that comes with an array of attachments to create everything from tight to loose curls.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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On the surface, the artist’s swirls, curls and modular shapes hit the eye with playful abandon.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Aggressive rule breakers or not, Brömmelstroet casts doubt on the urban potential for AVs in Europe.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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In the down moments, the Princess of Wales chatted amiably with Bernard Morgan, 101, a veteran who worked as a code breaker during the conflict.—
Danica Kirka,
Twin Cities,
5 May 2025
Noun
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And unlike some of the other options above, Jackson isn't just a threat as a roller out of ball screens.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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So, go ride a bicycle, do handstands, do cartwheels, go skateboarding, go roller skating.—
Brie Stimson , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The bill sailed through the House but immediately hit whitecaps in the Senate as prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy groups raised murky legal concerns about the proposal, throwing it into limbo.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
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Top looks out on the Tagus River, choppy and windy today, whitecaps blowing on the water like bumps on snakeskin.—
Dana Vachon,
Air Mail,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Entrepreneurs need to quickly adapt to surf through disruptions and reorient their companies to new opportunities.—
Maya Joelson,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Blasts of wind, rolling surf, fissuring earth: these elemental threats appear and disappear like signs from the heavens, harbingers of the end times.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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Tanks and soldiers with riffles have lined the streets of the Paraguayan capital all week.—
Samindra Kunti,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Very often, the single word that completes the thought in a Maclean line is the fly that drops perfectly onto the riffle.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
14 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Comber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comber. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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