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Wind asserted itself in the District on Saturday by throbbing in the ears, raising whitecaps on the Potomac River and setting twigs, branches and leaves into frenzied tossing, fluttering and nodding.
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
For three days, as a fierce wind whipped the water outside the windows into frothing whitecaps, the group sat through a series of talks, most of them by two mathematicians from Stony Brook University in New York: Misha Lyubich and Dima Dudko.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
About that time, the wind picks up and within a few seconds, there are 1- to 2-foot whitecaps, with rain and thunder.
—Idaho Statesman, 2 Mar. 2016
This can be less desirable on a jet ski, of course, when part of the fun is bouncing around on the whitecaps.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
For three days, as a fierce wind whipped the water outside the windows into frothing whitecaps, the group sat through a series of talks, most of them by two mathematicians from Stony Brook University in New York: Misha Lyubich and Dima Dudko.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
About that time, the wind picks up and within a few seconds, there are 1- to 2-foot whitecaps, with rain and thunder.
—Idaho Statesman, 2 Mar. 2016
This can be less desirable on a jet ski, of course, when part of the fun is bouncing around on the whitecaps.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitecap
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After a morning in the surf, Cape Weligama’s open-air Ocean Terrace restaurant offered a feast: thick, creamy buffalo curd served with coconut treacle; baskets of lacy, crisp egg hoppers; fragrant green bean yellow curry served with regional red rice and crispy pappadums.Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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After removing the hooks and lines, Johnson pulled the fish by the tail into the ocean and released it in the surf, video shows.Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Remember, buttermilk is already cultured and tangy, so a little age isn't a deal breaker.Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
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Connor Hellebuyck is having another fantastic, Vezina Trophy-caliber season, Davis Payne’s power play is firing on all cylinders, and Winnipeg’s top skaters — Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers and Gabriel Vilardi — are all playing like game breakers.Scott Powers, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Multiple other films positioned themselves this weekend to ride the awards wave.Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Bears are now deep into their process and plowing through the first wave of interviews.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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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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Google Images shows a young man with a head of enviable black curls (unlike the head of fifty-one-year-old Thadeus Wong).Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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The chainmail dress was paired with Lorraine Schwartz jewels, while the star’s brunette hair was styled in loose curls.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Whitecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitecap. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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