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Recent Examples of surfing
And so Africans used surfing to understand how to ride waves ashore in these surf canoes.
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Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2025
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Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfing
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The male has binoculars scanning the sea, while the female guard is in action, as if jumping off of a tower, fins and buoy in hand.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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Don't let somebody coerce you into scanning them up on the floor, because everybody's trying to get to Coach Prime.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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In addition to browsing and buying visual art, festival guests can experience live entertainment, browse food trucks, enjoy a beer and wine garden and find educational activities for children.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Such data include geolocation information, digital ad tracking, social media and web browsing habits and patterns, telephone toll records, and medical and insurance claims data.—
Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
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Below, keep perusing through Martha Stewart’s beauty routine.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
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Re-signing Bellinger would make Domínguez or Jones expendable with the Yankees also perusing the trade market for starting pitchers.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Having a better understanding of how completely satellites burn up in the atmosphere will help experts better assess the risk these objects pose to people and property on Earth, as well as to cruising aircraft.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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When the snowstorms come, or even ice, many drivers opt to hit the highways as opposed to cruising through the main city streets.—
Cheyenne Derksen,
Oklahoman,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Surfing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfing. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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