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
Harvested by hand, the olives are combed off onto nets, collected into crates and rushed to the mill to be pressed within 48 hours to guarantee oil of highest quality.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
By combing the two ingredients, the ASCC creates pellets for the 3D printer.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
The team is also planning to comb through TESS data in search of signs of other disintegrating planets.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Two brothers, Clint and Evan Buffington, discovered the note while combing the beach.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
By combing the two ingredients, the ASCC creates pellets for the 3D printer.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
The team is also planning to comb through TESS data in search of signs of other disintegrating planets.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Two brothers, Clint and Evan Buffington, discovered the note while combing the beach.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is two dozen steps closer to launching Plato, a spacecraft that will search for terrestrial planets outside of our solar system, after the installation of 24 of its 26 cameras.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
8 May 2025
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This is the latest example of brands and communications firms looking to tie closer to film and TV producers and decision makers to create new IP, as companies search for cost-efficient and creative ways to finance ideas.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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While Shaw is back in Iowa and Brown is scuffling as a starter, Busch has been raking as well.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Netflix came in second among all media companies, raking … Full Story COMING UP Tomorrow’s news today: Stay ahead of the political trends by signing up for The Hill’s Evening Report newsletter.—
Miranda Nazzaro,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2025
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Authorities said his car was found at the Mount Adams trailhead, while his remains were found on the Allen Mountain Trail.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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And so, just a few months after the call in November 2005, Pegg found himself on the Paramount lot in LA, meeting Cruise for the very first time and shooting scenes for one of the biggest action franchises of all time.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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“Comb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comb. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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