as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
combed the library for the missing book
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Recent Examples of comb
Police comb the scene of the shooting outside a business off Northeast Lowry Avenue and Fourth Street Northeast on June 28, 2026.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The main reason for the current CPU renaissance is that agentic AI systems perform many of those general-purpose tasks, such as browsing the web, managing files, and combing through databases.
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Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
The number is expected to rise as rescuers continue combing through the rubble.
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Will Clark,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
He has been adored, sanitized, revived, pathologized, sentimentalized, and combed for polite company.
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The main reason for the current CPU renaissance is that agentic AI systems perform many of those general-purpose tasks, such as browsing the web, managing files, and combing through databases.
—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
The number is expected to rise as rescuers continue combing through the rubble.
—
Will Clark,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
He has been adored, sanitized, revived, pathologized, sentimentalized, and combed for polite company.
—
Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comb
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Prosecutors argued during the hearing that the murders were premeditated, as a cup that was in front of Benning in a photo was missing when police searched the scene.
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Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris.
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But the authors rake the details into a towering pile and, in the context of contingency planning, set them on fire.
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Yesterday’s man James Rodrgieuz showed there is still some light in the evening by adopting a hybrid role; dropping into the right-back slot while in possession to rake crossfield balls towards Diaz and left-back Johan Mojica.
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Ease off the accelerator - Step off the gas to slow down the vehicle until the tires find traction.
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His attorneys contend the containers found on Pino’s boat were collected from other friends’ vessels partying with them on the sandbar that day.
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“Comb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comb. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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