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
And this is all in addition to investigators who have been combing through intelligence, looking for possible bad actors or even the most common fear among law enforcement, the lone wolf attacker.
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Jason Morris, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Investigators continue combing through the wreckage of the small jet crash that rocked Northeast Philadelphia Friday night, leaving a gaping hole in the ground — and through the heart of residents still reeling from the tragedy.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Usage: Shampoo, then comb the product through the hair from roots to ends.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released video of officials combing through the debris and destruction left after the fatal Jan. 31 plane crash in Philadelphia, which killed at least seven people and injured 22 others.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
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Jason Morris, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Investigators continue combing through the wreckage of the small jet crash that rocked Northeast Philadelphia Friday night, leaving a gaping hole in the ground — and through the heart of residents still reeling from the tragedy.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Usage: Shampoo, then comb the product through the hair from roots to ends.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released video of officials combing through the debris and destruction left after the fatal Jan. 31 plane crash in Philadelphia, which killed at least seven people and injured 22 others.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
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For example, Baca Systems shared that before AI agents, customers who called the company with service questions (typically about a hardware issue) would wait an average of five to seven minutes while a human agent searched for relevant cases and analyzed technical documents.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Ducks are demanding more attention to detail from the offensive specialist, and getting it, but Zegras is still searching for a way to hang on to the parts of his game that once separated him.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Trashing Yard Waste Every fall, gardeners and homeowners head out into their yards to rake their lawns and pile autumn leaves in trash bags on the curb.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Feb. 2025
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Use the tine side for raking debris into piles and for rough grading and then flip the rake over and use the bow side for smoothing.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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McNeeley gave UConn its first lead since the score was 2-0 with a pair of free throws, and Ball found Reed again for a two-handed slam that put the Huskies up four with 1:11 to go.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2025
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ZiPS, a popular player projection model found on FanGraphs, predicts Goldschmidt will hit .250/.325/.437 with 23 homers, 81 RBI, a 116 wRC+ and 2.2 WAR in 2025.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Comb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comb. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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