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Recent Examples of surf
Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Surfing The chilly waters of the Baltic Sea may not seem like an obvious place to surf, but the Stockholm Archipelago has a few choice spots to ride a wave, including Torö, about 45 miles south of the Swedish capital.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
Wyle is the best at surfing the show’s tonal waves, reflecting urgency and unflappability while also playing everything with minimal glamour and maximal empathy.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
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Noun
This latest advisory mirrors patterns observed in previous years, where rip currents accounted for a significant number of surf zone incidents.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Surfing The chilly waters of the Baltic Sea may not seem like an obvious place to surf, but the Stockholm Archipelago has a few choice spots to ride a wave, including Torö, about 45 miles south of the Swedish capital.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
Also, as previously noted, Moana 2 has surfed past $1B global.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
Wyle is the best at surfing the show’s tonal waves, reflecting urgency and unflappability while also playing everything with minimal glamour and maximal empathy.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surf
Noun
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That would reduce the expense, cleanup, collateral damage and environmental impact of using water or firefighting foam.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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These include foams with a gel or breathable design.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The brand also has countless other cowgirl boots options to peruse.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
8 Feb. 2025
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Telling her that her submissions had been rejected and giving a false address for the magazine, Chambrun was able to get away with it—until Gallant stumbled across one of her stories while perusing The New Yorker at the American Library in Madrid, Spain, in 1952.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Doing so literally means signing his life away, as Mickey 1 (the OG version of his character) agrees to have his body scanned and his memories archived, so he can be replicated — and recycled — ad infinitum, every time an unlucky copy hits a snag.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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Speaking to local news outlet WREG, Memphis police said Cross entered the store with another woman, with the pair then using an old watch bar code battery to scan a number of items at a self-service machine for just $1 each.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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While the internals aren't dazzling, the 14th-generation Intel i5 processor is more than speedy enough to tackle standard productivity tasks, Web browsing and media streaming.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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There’s time for kids to inspect elephant dung, find bones, collect guinea fowl feathers, and make castings of lion paw prints, plus let loose in waterfalls, try catch-and-release fishing, and learn to throw spears.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
11 Feb. 2025
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The wreckage from both aircraft will be placed in a hangar at DCA to be inspected by investigators, the NTSB said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Surf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surf. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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