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comb

[kohm] / koʊm /




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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

People used speedboats and more jet skis to comb the waters surrounding Koh Samui and towards the nearby island of Koh Phangan searching for the family, the Bangkok Post reports.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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

The site also preserved Eoandromeda, a possible comb jelly with eight arms arranged in a spiral.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

His blond hair was uncharacteristically messy, like he’d forgotten to comb it.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Many vets do not treat their own pets monthly, the committee heard, instead regularly checking their pets' fur with flea combs and restricting use to when fleas were spotted.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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

Frequency combs, which earned a Nobel Prize in 2005, can be imagined as an incredibly accurate ruler made not from a solid material, but from light or radio waves.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025

First, it combs through what can be tens of thousands of recorded sales calls with customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

But Mama did not come into my room with the bag that held combs and hair oils and ask me to come downstairs.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We combed through a 74-page annual ethics filing and found that the billionaire received at least $190 million in distribution from Cantor before he transferred his stake to his family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

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

He combed in the vicinity, and that’s when he heard a voice calling out.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

Palestinians could be seen combing through vast piles of rubble and debris in the aftermath of the attack.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Over the course of eight months, The Wall Street Journal investigated how the company operated in Michigan and in its second largest market, Ohio, combing through public records and financial documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Lines of police officers were combing the ground near the car in the search for clues.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

I felt embarrassed and returned to combing out Ruth May’s hair.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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