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Recent Examples of whitecap
The tip of the wave spills over and breaks into foam, or whitecap, releasing the excess energy.
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Francesco Fedele, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
But then around 2 p.m., something changed. Cefalu — a lifelong Tahoe boater and co-owner of Mile High Fishing Charters — noticed some whitecaps forming.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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
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Francesco Fedele, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
But then around 2 p.m., something changed. Cefalu — a lifelong Tahoe boater and co-owner of Mile High Fishing Charters — noticed some whitecaps forming.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitecap
Noun
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Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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The water scenes are among the animation’s most gorgeous and effective, with Kristen teaching AJ how to swim and, soon enough, to surf.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Control seems to be the crux of the matter; the red line, the deal-breaker in all of this.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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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.—
Tushaar Kuthiala,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The incident came amid a wave of teen violence across the country.—
Louis Casiano , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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This seminal work influenced the first wave of contemporary American producers for public radio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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
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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.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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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.—
David Shortell,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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“Whitecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitecap. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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