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In a simulation, Nvidia used the Red team agent to comb through its environment and identify an attack path it could execute on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Rescuers were later seen using excavators to comb through a mountain of scattered rubbish at the site as local residents gathered nearby.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Staffed by a combination of HSI experts and outside consultants, it developed software tools to comb the data for information that could help agents pursue criminal suspects.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
In addition to state parks personnel, several agencies have collaborated to comb through the park for Brophy including the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team; the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“You will comb through every library until you get the answer about those blueprints. So, I'm not worried about that. What else is going on?”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
He now combs the hallways for bright aluminum cans to seize and pour down the drain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
With the help of Rydberg atoms, the transformative uses of optical frequency combs can now be extended into the previously difficult terahertz region.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 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
A gust of wind combs across my face, just as my vision returns to me.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Meanwhile, agents from the New York FBI office combed through a trove of documents received from the Met Police, following the search of Bayoumi's properties in Birmingham, the BBC has learned.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
As crisis intervention deputies combed through the juvenile’s online activity and searched his residence, they found he had an online connection with an Illinois juvenile with similarly “concerning interests,” the Sheriff’s Office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Rescuers combed through debris for survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 20 people and sending thousands fleeing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 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
Not those Wikipedia articles she combed through, not anything she ever saw.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Pancho’s brother called up the leaders of the self-defense milita, and soon 200 men were combing the hills by flashlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Or, more likely, amid the backwaters of eBay: The directors reportedly ordered a massive amount of textual material online, combing through it to find anything relevant to their project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In Kathmandu, families of some of the missing foreigners said they were combing hospitals and morgues for any information.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
Taran noticed Medwyn had not only healed the creature’s leg, he had also given him a bath and a good combing.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
