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Recent Examples of whitecap
By the time Bob reached it, the open water was 300 feet wide and building whitecaps.
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Robert E. Houle, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025
Vincent tied his kayak to ours, then steered us safely across the whitecaps to the mainland.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
From a reading delivered in November in Richmond, Virginia.
e began to figure it out on day eleven or twelve of the seven-day trip, the slate and obsidian waves rolling under our stern, the crispy hoarfrost of whitecap foam seeding in our beards, the wind spitting ice in our eyes.
—Mark Richard, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
This is the largest whitecap on what has been a massive wave of consolidation this year in the global insurance sector.
—Kia Kokalitcheva, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
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Robert E. Houle, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025
Vincent tied his kayak to ours, then steered us safely across the whitecaps to the mainland.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
From a reading delivered in November in Richmond, Virginia.
e began to figure it out on day eleven or twelve of the seven-day trip, the slate and obsidian waves rolling under our stern, the crispy hoarfrost of whitecap foam seeding in our beards, the wind spitting ice in our eyes.
—Mark Richard, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
This is the largest whitecap on what has been a massive wave of consolidation this year in the global insurance sector.
—Kia Kokalitcheva, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitecap
Noun
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However, there can be an increase in rough surf and rip currents along the East Coast beaches next weekend into early the following week.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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The neon also represents 80’s skate and surf culture.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Other major red flags include buzzing sounds from the breaker box, burning smells, or sparks.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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Some changes could be deal breakers for those whose vote is critical to moving the bill over the finish line.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The biggest beneficiaries of the change have been Sam Vines, who can now play a bigger attacking role, and Yapi, who still slots into a central role, but can also make waves on the wing.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.—
Scott Harrison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Other moments in the carousel showed Sweeney's hair in varying states, from straighter bangs and looser curls, to teased with voluminous waves.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Hong Kong rises in a dazzling vertical rhythm—where sleek towers pierce the sky as incense curls from temple courtyards.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Whitecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitecap. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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