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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitecap
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On March 30, the water at Oahu's Ala Wai Boat Harbor, home to the popular surf spot Ala Moana Bowls on the edge of Waikiki, was an opaque brown with leftover debris floating around.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Vintage Guess surf and skate graphics are layered and remixed with Hysteric’s motifs and retro stripes across a range of tees.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2026
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To help financially vulnerable property owners get through taxes, Bristol offers senior volunteer tax credits and senior circuit-breaker programs, and has expanded its veterans tax exemptions.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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How climate change and El Niño could combine to make 2027 a record breaker.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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When the jet is streaming rapidly, planetary waves ripple along quickly in the atmosphere, bringing fronts with more frequent changes in the weather, Rutz said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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On the Island of the Gods, fresh ideas arrive like waves, creating a glorious cocktail of cultures and influences.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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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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The lunchtime sandwich that reigns supreme is undoubtedly the mushroom dip, with a tangle of Long Beach oyster mushrooms confited in oil, then roasted until their edges become crisp and curl in the pizza oven.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Nakamura, who works almost exclusively in his native Japan, smooths over those divisions, creating reverent, porous structures that open to the landscape or curl in on themselves in repose.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Whitecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitecap. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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