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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
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Tabitha Britt,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Oct. 2025
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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
The tip of the wave spills over and breaks into foam, or whitecap, releasing the excess energy.
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Francesco Fedele,
The Conversation,
12 Aug. 2025
Tim Plough’s day started next to the Pacific Ocean, watching young sons Jackson, Camden and Bodie frolic in the sand and surf at Pismo Beach.
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Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Eight unoccupied houses were claimed by roaring Atlantic surf this week on the Outer Banks — a 200-mile ribbon of barrier islands on the North Carolina coast — as Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda passed offshore.
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