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The panel will have to comb through the hundreds of pages of evidence and determine the punishment.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
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
On Thursday, markets will comb through a speech by Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Ryozo Himino for clues on whether the central bank will raise its policy rate in September or October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
Mom picked up the comb absentmindedly and set it down again.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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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
Because of this, frequency combs act as reference standards that can be used to calibrate and stabilize many types of instruments over a wide range of frequencies.
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
Celia helps dress him and combs his hair, reminds him to brush his teeth, and ties his shoelaces.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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I was in a suit, I combed my hair, and I lost my mustache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
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
The wind blew their carefully combed hair all out of order, and the salt spray covered their bodies, so they arrived at the dock looking as they ordinarily did, except their grandmother.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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Maybe the tickly moustache isn't helping his allergies - and combing it won't make much difference.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
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
Harry started combing the few strands of his wispy white hair.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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