whitecap

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Recent Examples of whitecap Keep this fact in mind the next time a scary Jaws scene pops into your head while wading knee-deep into the whitecaps. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 The bill sailed through the House but immediately hit whitecaps in the Senate as prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy groups raised murky legal concerns about the proposal, throwing it into limbo. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025 Top looks out on the Tagus River, choppy and windy today, whitecaps blowing on the water like bumps on snakeskin. Dana Vachon, Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025 By the time Bob reached it, the open water was 300 feet wide and building whitecaps. Robert E. Houle, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whitecap
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Noun
  • Location Fasano Rio de Janeiro is set right on Avenida Vieira Souto, the street that runs along Ipanema Beach, and is a short walk from Arpoador, the small peninsula where Ipanema meets Copacabana, known for its surf scene and prime sunset views.
    Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Zahalka, who was also heading out now, helped pull another man who had gotten onto Mauga’s board through the surf to the sand and then joined his friends in the water.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Once all spots are sold, the breaker opens the box live online, revealing which cards go to which participant based on the predetermined assignments.
    Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Their offensive line is dominant, and Jonathan Taylor is a game-breaker.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Another wave of migration occurred around 2500 BCE.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Terahertz waves are hard to tame.
    Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • For her glam, the media mogul wore long, cascading curls that fell past her shoulders.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Her signature brunette curls cascade over a cozy gray hoodie as morning light peeks through the window.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Whitecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitecap. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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