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plural of surf
as in foams
a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid beachgoers romping in the swirling surf

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surfs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of surf

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Noun
  • The company does not use harmful polyurethane foams or toxic fire retardants.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Vermant’s team is collaborating with companies like Shell to explore ways to selectively break down these foams.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • King peruses several cookbooks before settling on Richard Olney’s Lulu’s Provencal Table.
    Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And Perplexity’s Comet fully embraces the idea of a browser that browses for you.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Android Hidden Camera Detector (FutureApps)Uses your phone's magnetic sensor to alert you near electronics and also scans for infrared light.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • To achieve this, the Fourier transform essentially scans all possible frequencies and determines how much each contributes to the original function.
    Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the troops during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Amr Nabil / APEgypt's Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathi inspects a recovered artifact at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria.
    Roisín Savage, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Surfs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfs. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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