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[surf] / sɜrf /


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Not long ago, I watched a video of an angler tossing an urchin into the Atlantic surf and coming up with a nice-sized fluke.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

I am engaged in several modes of therapy to offload this and be able to surf it from both an artistic curiosity perspective and a need for balance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The National Weather Service has repeatedly warned of dangerous rip currents and elevated surf in recent weeks as multiple southerly swells battered the coastlines of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

With heavy surf forecast until Saturday night, lifeguards say they expect another dangerous and busy weekend.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Here and there, tendrils of its curling white churn seemed to rise up and peer about before collapsing again into the tidal flow like whitecaps sucked back into the surf.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Generally the play surfs along on waves of lively, crisp dialogue at a series of meetings, with the well-orchestrated direction of Kenny Leon keeping the pacing brisk and the tone light.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Efrus, a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier, surfs the waves in the Pacific waters off Peru.

From Seattle Times Jan. 25, 2024

He grew up surfing at Makaha and now surfs all over the world, and has trained at the Slater wave pool and a Texas one.

From Washington Times May 29, 2023

My husband surfs, so he had a surfboard, which is a lot smaller than a paddleboard.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2023

She surfs waves as big as houses and jumps off anything.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

It is in the house where Bryn famously "surfed the world wide web" to give Gavin directions from Barry to Essex in one of the first ever episodes.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Koh said he surfed the web when the others slept.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

It is also in this house where Bryn famously "surfed the world wide web" to give Gavin directions from Barry to Essex in the first series.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

"In the beginning, it was difficult because we are girls and we didn't see other girls who surfed," Sambe said.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

Soon he was keeping to a steady eight knots, surging to nine and ten when she surfed and slid down the waves.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

Just like surfing, if he put his mind to it, he’d get good at volleyball, but for now, football is the focus for him and his family.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Papin, her 9-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son settled into a routine of horseback-riding lessons in the morning and surfing in the afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Near the French surfing hotspot of Le Grand Crohot, an AFP reporter saw violent gusts of wind whipping up flames as firefighting aircraft attempted to extinguish a rekindled fire.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

A strong group of teams will be traveling to Hawaii next month, so they’ll be getting ready a little faster for football and surfing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Stef was way out there where the surfing was fastest.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin




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