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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 combed
Ana Serrano, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
Police also covered the lake in those first few hours, and dogs and drones have combed the area to no avail.
—Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
All the lakes big enough to land on were combed by small planes that taxied around the shore as their pilots looked for tracks, a dead fire, any sign of us.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
The street remained blocked off while investigators combed the area, a statement said.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
The street remained blocked off while investigators combed the area, a statement said.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
After Friedmann’s arrest, Hall’s staff had combed through two million hours of footage from the Downtown Detention Center’s six hundred cameras, compiling a reel of Friedmann’s every movement in the jail.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Eleven people were still missing after the strike, police said, as rescue crews combed the rubble.
—Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
The Connecticut Mirror’s reporters combed through the bill and spoke with lawmakers about what the wide-ranging provisions will do.
—Ct Mirror, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
Because Buckley has short hair, a chignon or updo was not an option—but combed neatly back with a side part, clearing the face, feels like a very Grace Kelly detail.
—Ana Serrano, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
Police also covered the lake in those first few hours, and dogs and drones have combed the area to no avail.
—Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
All the lakes big enough to land on were combed by small planes that taxied around the shore as their pilots looked for tracks, a dead fire, any sign of us.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
The street remained blocked off while investigators combed the area, a statement said.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
The street remained blocked off while investigators combed the area, a statement said.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
After Friedmann’s arrest, Hall’s staff had combed through two million hours of footage from the Downtown Detention Center’s six hundred cameras, compiling a reel of Friedmann’s every movement in the jail.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Eleven people were still missing after the strike, police said, as rescue crews combed the rubble.
—Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
The Connecticut Mirror’s reporters combed through the bill and spoke with lawmakers about what the wide-ranging provisions will do.
—Ct Mirror, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for combed
Adjective
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Okrent portrays Sondheim as witty and endearing, but also poorly groomed, remote, caustic, quick to anger — and, mostly, quick to forgive.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The beach is regularly groomed, cleaned, and kept clear of encroaching vegetation, resulting in a pristine white-sand beach that’s unmatched anywhere else in the state.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As Pivetta searched for his accuracy in the first inning, neither the former reliever Stammen nor pitching coach Ruben Niebla had success in getting the righty on track.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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State police later searched the area near the steel bridge and found among the piles of wood chips an envelope bearing the victim’s name, pieces of bone and tissue, a human fingernail and crowns to the victim’s teeth, prosecutors said.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The meticulous process of turning Doctorow’s historical novel into a musical started with playwright Terrence McNally, who wrote a 60-page treatment in 1994.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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This meticulous process is all in the name of snagged that Master Chronometer label, meaning that the timepiece is highly accurate and surpasses the threshold for ultra-high performance.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Dolores Huerta, 95, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) Union with Chavez, has accused him of raping her twice.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Port Harcourt was founded in 1913 and governed by the military, the police, and by courts that upheld colonial law to protect British commercial interests and missionaries.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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An assembly of planets in Aries moves through your twelfth house, stirring emotions behind the scenes and asking for careful tending.—
Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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To the begonia collectors out there, Begona Black Velvet, with large leaves that could have fallen from a maple tree, is worth a careful look.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Yet this is also the same company that ripped the spine off millions of books, scanned their pages, and fed the text into Claude’s training data.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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In August last year, McGrath scanned Ralph's brain using an MRI machine.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Combed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combed. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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