surfed

verb

past tense of surf
as in scanned

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Recent Examples of surfed Kahanamoku first surfed Corona del Mar in 1914, before the surf break was destroyed by jetties in the ’30s, and became friends with the Vultee family, which had a home on the bluffs. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfed
  1. scanned
  2. perused
  3. browsed
  4. inspected
Verb
  • Only one, when scanned by the animal control officers, had a microchip.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Voters in Westchester County, New York, reported experiencing problems getting their paper ballots scanned at polling sites.
    — Justin Papp,Caleigh Keating,Garrett Downs,Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of scanned
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  • Maya and Callum, both smiling happily at each other, perused the menu.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Steele perused them on the regular, looking to pad his newsletter.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of perused
Verb
  • On the mezzanine, young people alternately browsed and posed for Beatles-style photographs taken from below.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In the clip, Affleck and Samuel browsed sneakers at a convention, where Samuel spotted the Dior shoes.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of browsed
Verb
  • The Fire Department inspected 48 homes, 38 of which were yellow-tagged and 10 were green-tagged, Division Chief Kyle Kramer said.
    — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The facility was reportedly inspected by local police as part of an investigative operation.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of inspected

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“Surfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfed. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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