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comber

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as in curl

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Recent Examples of comber 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 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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For a decade, hundreds of Black women and girls have gathered in Kansas City wearing curls, coils, locs, braids and Afros for an annual photograph intended to challenge narrow ideas about what beautiful hair is supposed to look like.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Underneath, Nicks let her natural curls run wild, cascading down her back and shoulders.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

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They’ve been assembled for a brain-breaker of a misfired melodrama, at first darkly amusing, before plunging headlong into soap opera-style twists and a general sense of heavy depression that no one can shake.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
Laurer was as much of a rule-breaker in fashion, appearing on red carpets head-to-toe in sequins, dressed up as Wonder Woman, or draped in chunky silver jewellery from forehead to jaw.

— Tanya Fevzi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

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Meanwhile, a swell from Hurricane Rachel is expected to bring elevated surf of 5 to 6 feet to area beaches on Tuesday through Thursday, according to the weather service forecast.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Rachel’s swells are expected to generate life-threatening surf and rip-current conditions off Mexico’s coast, the NHC warned.

— Fabiola Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

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