combing
noun
comb·ing
less common spelling of coaming
: a raised frame (as around a hatchway in the deck of a ship) to keep out water
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All packages include the same elements: back scratching, tracing patterns on arms and face, hair brushing and finger combing, just in different durations.
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Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Guests traverse a private boardwalk that winds through a wildlife sanctuary, leading to pristine Crescent Beach for swimming and beach combing.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
Photos from the site showed a rescuer combing through the mud with his bare hands in search of bodies.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 23 July 2024
The estranged couple’s conflict involves quasi-legalistic combing of memory to pick holes in each other’s conflicting recollections: who did what to whom, and when.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2024
Earlier in 2023, Auman's Funeral Home announced that Stoneman Willie finally would be laid to rest — and that his real name finally had been discovered through careful combing of historical documents.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
This type of edge brush helps with the smoothing of edges before styling, and subsequent combing ensures a natural finish.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 24 Aug. 2023
The trimming, the combing, the shaping, the beard oils!
—Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
The islands are dedicated to beach combing and shelling.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 20 June 2023
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Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Guests traverse a private boardwalk that winds through a wildlife sanctuary, leading to pristine Crescent Beach for swimming and beach combing.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
Photos from the site showed a rescuer combing through the mud with his bare hands in search of bodies.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 23 July 2024
The estranged couple’s conflict involves quasi-legalistic combing of memory to pick holes in each other’s conflicting recollections: who did what to whom, and when.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2024
Earlier in 2023, Auman's Funeral Home announced that Stoneman Willie finally would be laid to rest — and that his real name finally had been discovered through careful combing of historical documents.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
This type of edge brush helps with the smoothing of edges before styling, and subsequent combing ensures a natural finish.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 24 Aug. 2023
The trimming, the combing, the shaping, the beard oils!
—Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
The islands are dedicated to beach combing and shelling.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 20 June 2023
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“Combing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combing. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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