comb
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The site also preserved Eoandromeda, a possible comb jelly with eight arms arranged in a spiral.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The most expensive item is Monroe's gold-toned 1950s cylindrical minaudiere purse carrying her tiny hair comb, a tube of lipstick, eight Philip Morris cigarettes and 1940s dimes.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Beccuau has assigned five investigating magistrates to comb through the documents released by the Justice Department and gather testimony from potential victims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
With a few quick swipes of that comb, I was done with my preparations.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
All of us — probably the Newsoms included — will just have to wait to see if the fine-tooth combs of the feds pick up any dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
A travel set of marbled beard and mustache combs that’s as handsome as dad himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
However, such combs are notoriously difficult to measure with high precision, since their oscillations are too rapid for conventional electronics and cannot be directly captured with standard optical methods.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025
Karol G, “Ivonny Bonita” Karol’s history-minded, history-making “Tropicoqueta” LP lovingly combs through the generations of Latin music that made her a global superstar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
She combs her fingers through my hair, retrieving approximately ten thousand bobby pins.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
An AFP journalist at the scene saw numerous emergency vehicles lining a nearby road and a large tent erected as police combed the area.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
We've combed through it all, so you don't have to, and found six of the most interesting bits among the sea of numbers.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The May PCE report isn’t likely to be taken for granted by the market; it will be combed carefully and methodically for signs to either add to or dial back rate-hike bets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
After the jarring encounter, Carpenter’s security team combed through security tapes and discovered Applegate had been coming around for more than a month, according to the court request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
I combed my hair, put on my socks, buckled my leather shoes.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Cohen found MOTS-c by combing through the 97% of human DNA that doesn’t encode for genes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Lines of police officers were combing the ground near the car in the search for clues.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
But after combing through the info we do have, Slate’s Heather Schwedel renders this brutally honest verdict.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Investors have been combing Huang’s comments for signs of movement in Nvidia’s effort to sell chips in China, Rhind said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Jazz was combing through the back of my neck.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
