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Recent Examples of comberIn 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 Those two scouts, including Carlos Gomez, a longtime comber of Venezuela’s sandlots, were the first to give Marquez a tryout.—Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
Devoid of facial hair but sporting golden curls, the cherubic Parsons meets me at a Hollywood hotel’s courtyard restaurant in April just a few days after putting the final touches on his movie.
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Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
When Kelly Slater dropped a video of his namesake company’s wave generator churning out a perfect curl back in 2015, the surf community lost its mind.
Control seems to be the crux of the matter; the red line, the deal-breaker in all of this.
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
Paraguay was the first team to lose a World Cup match because of a golden goal (a tie-breaker consisting of a sudden-death goal scored in extra time) in 1998.
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Tushaar Kuthiala,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
Bietila, for example, listed her lengthy resume outside of debate, including roller derby and volunteering at the Field Museum, all while juggling an Advanced Placement course load.
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Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Cardoso needs to be a consistent rim-runner, roller and paint protector to validate Chicago’s belief.