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For three days, as a fierce wind whipped the water outside the windows into frothing whitecaps, the group sat through a series of talks, most of them by two mathematicians from Stony Brook University in New York: Misha Lyubich and Dima Dudko.
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Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
About that time, the wind picks up and within a few seconds, there are 1- to 2-foot whitecaps, with rain and thunder.
—Idaho Statesman, 2 Mar. 2016
This can be less desirable on a jet ski, of course, when part of the fun is bouncing around on the whitecaps.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
The dancing whitecaps were pretty but somewhat ominous; at the coffee shop a man had assured me that the flood watch remained very much on.
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
About that time, the wind picks up and within a few seconds, there are 1- to 2-foot whitecaps, with rain and thunder.
—Idaho Statesman, 2 Mar. 2016
This can be less desirable on a jet ski, of course, when part of the fun is bouncing around on the whitecaps.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
The dancing whitecaps were pretty but somewhat ominous; at the coffee shop a man had assured me that the flood watch remained very much on.
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitecap
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The weather service issued a a high surf advisory that was extended through 11 a.m. Saturday, and a coastal flood advisory along much of the Bay coastline, set to run through 1 p.m. Sunday.Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The National Weather Service has issued a gale warning and high surf advisory across the coast in Northern California, calling the ocean conditions hazardous, especially for inexperienced mariners and those operating small vessels.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bell's move broke the points tie breaker with William Byron but his version of the Hail Melon was shut down by NASCAR 27-minutes after the white flag dropped.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Members of Greenpeace killed climate deniers, and police shot curfew breakers.Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Two waves of bombing followed, one late Wednesday and another early Thursday.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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One unique approach involved collecting 277 hair samples in the first wave of the study to gauge participants’ cortisol levels, which helps measure stress in the body.Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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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.Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
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This beloved, Best of Beauty-winning hair tool does it all: curls, dries, waves, and smoothes, all with minimal heat damage.Annie Blackman, Allure, 5 Nov. 2024
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For a long time, Moxam waited for the right moment to morph into Diana Ross’s mountain of curls (as if let loose from a set of extra-large curlers) from the G.I.T. on Broadway television special.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Whitecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitecap. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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