beachcomber

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Soon, moving along the rows of the periodic table like a beachcomber on a shore, Cade began to experiment with salts of rubidium, cerium and strontium.

From Nature • Aug. 25, 2019

Jennifer Moeller’s voluminous oyster-colored robe for Prospero wittily establishes him as a majestic beachcomber, and Christopher Akerlind’s subtle lighting scheme gives off a series of softly becoming, occasionally multi-hued, glows.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2014

But 35 years ago, on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, I met another sort of beachcomber.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2013

Question 7 The gigantic blue eyeball found by a Florida beachcomber last week was determined on Monday to have likely come from what?

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2012

He reminded me of a beachcomber from Key West.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan