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Recent Examples of comberIn 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 The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.—Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019 Those two scouts, including Carlos Gomez, a longtime comber of Venezuela’s sandlots, were the first to give Marquez a tryout.—Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
The Roomba's double-sided brush mounts gradually build up a tangle at either end, eventually requiring you to pull the ends off the roller and dig all the hair out.
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Loz Blain
October 14,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
And then a few Tech fans come along this weekend with their old, crusty roller brush and slung it all over the place, Jackson Pollock-style, only this isn’t a work of art.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Oct. 2025
Sportier types flock to the coastal city to carve into Monterey Bay’s endlessly rolling whitecaps.
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Kate Dingwall,
Vogue,
28 Sep. 2025
The island is so close to shore and the water in the bay, which the breeze had rucked into a frenzy of small whitecaps, didn’t seem to be giving the smaller fishing boats any trouble.
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Emma Sloley
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
Location Fasano Rio de Janeiro is set right on Avenida Vieira Souto, the street that runs along Ipanema Beach, and is a short walk from Arpoador, the small peninsula where Ipanema meets Copacabana, known for its surf scene and prime sunset views.
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Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
Zahalka, who was also heading out now, helped pull another man who had gotten onto Mauga’s board through the surf to the sand and then joined his friends in the water.
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