as in to peruse
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Recent Examples of surf
Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Tall, shy, and partially deaf in one ear, Brian rarely surfed himself.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
The attentive staff readily assists guests in finding nearby beaches, surf spots, hiking trails, and golf courses.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
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Noun
Disney’s live-action charmer Lilo & Stitch has surfed past $800M at the global box office.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Tall, shy, and partially deaf in one ear, Brian rarely surfed himself.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Verb
Acapulco, which was devastated in October 2023 by Category 5 Hurricane Otis, remains on alert for heavy rainfall and potential flooding, though early Thursday brought only overcast skies and mild surf.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
The attentive staff readily assists guests in finding nearby beaches, surf spots, hiking trails, and golf courses.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surf
Noun
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The wedding festivities began with a foam party on a $500 million superyacht, continued with a welcome event at a church whose walls are lined with Tintorettos, and culminated with a Friday-night ceremony on the same secluded island where the G7 once met.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
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Ahead of the wedding, on Sunday, June 22, the soon-to-be bride and groom were spotted on Jeff's $500 million superyacht Kuru, off the coast of Europe, enjoying a foam party with their friends.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
28 June 2025
Verb
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Poke around Spring Hollow Antiques, sip wine at Muse Vineyards or beer at Woodstock Brewhouse, have a bite to eat at Woodstock Garden Cafe, and peruse the local produce at South Street Barn Market (open year-round on Saturdays).—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2025
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People approach their days differently; in one of the private enclosures, three old boys in full old-school suits and top hats sit and peruse their racecards and newspapers, smoking cigars and barely saying a word.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
Verb
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Victor’s characters were magnetically awkward, their address was intimate and direct, and their creator scanned as a pretty weirdo with a tap on the discourse and on the possibilities of the contemporary internet.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
29 June 2025
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Researchers with the organization scanned 700 miles of Lake Michigan using sonar technology and used models to recreate the weather patterns that Flight 2501 would have encountered the night of the crash.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
28 June 2025
Verb
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This gives parent the ability to create what can be considered a safe environment for their children to browse the web, and this is accomplished by the use of content filtering.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The whole process, Mill argued, would move voting away from a referendum on a community’s values and toward an act of whimsy, like browsing from an array of calico clothes.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
23 June 2025
Verb
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2025
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The new law also requires school buses to be inspected every 12 months or 50,000 miles and have fire extinguishers and first aid kits on board.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
22 June 2025
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“Surf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surf. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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