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comb
verb as in arrange hair
verb as in search painstakingly
Example Sentences
Local media reported on Saturday that investigators were combing through several laptops and mobile phones they had seized from his flat during their search.
The military, police and local vigilantes are conducting a search for the children, combing nearby forests and remote routes believed to have been used by the gunmen.
They decipher games with a fine-tooth comb when the truth is that they are decided either by defensive mistakes or good play in the final third, both of which produce goal-scoring opportunities.
Police said that security agencies were "combing the forests with a view to rescue the abducted students".
An AFP photographer saw heavy machinery digging through landslides in Banjarnegara villages as rescue teams combed through the debris.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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