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
He took the extra time to brush his teeth and comb his hair, before putting on his blue jumpsuit and getting ushered into a van in handcuffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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
Commander Grieve appealed for anyone with information to contact police, as officers and volunteers comb nearby bush and desert for Sharon.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
At sunrise, I had gotten up and tugged a comb through my hair, then my best to part it down the middle.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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
Polygenic scoring combs through a person's DNA and calculates how likely they may be to develop a disease.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
“All they can do, really, is lay unfertilized drone eggs. They’ll fill up the combs with them, and as the workers naturally die off, there are none to replace them.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
To find out, my research team combed the entire U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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
Jaime Quiroga, a 75-year-old retiree, combed La Paz's main market for food on Tuesday but many stalls were closed.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
His dark hair was carefully combed back, and his nose was just off center, as if he’d broken it in a fight.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Mayor Lisa Brown said authorities were combing the city block by block to assess damages and potential reignition, and couldn't tell people yet when they could return home.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
But after combing through the info we do have, Slate’s Heather Schwedel renders this brutally honest verdict.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Just a week ago, nearly 200 rescue workers, mostly volunteers, were still combing the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado National Forest searching for Jason Coughran, 60, after the hiker went missing on May 25.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 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
The servant sections my hair, combing it through.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
