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But there’s affection in Jean’s moralizing, as he brings out his own comb to run it through Berenger’s unruly hair—where it gets stuck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Rescuers were later seen using excavators to comb through a mountain of scattered rubbish at the site as local residents gathered nearby.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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

In addition to state parks personnel, several agencies have collaborated to comb through the park for Brophy including the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team; the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Behind her, flying far back in the line of Po-2s, Larisa and Nadya were over the Kuban River and halfway to the target when Larisa saw four searchlights suddenly begin to comb the sky.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Bishop combs his old memories of crime-fighting for clues on how to approach these new events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

The combs and brushes sparkled with ornaments in cut paste.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

Their hair was neatly combed, and they looked cleaner than anyone I’d ever seen.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

Mayor Lisa Brown said authorities were combing the city block by block to assess damages and potential reignition, and couldn't tell people yet when they could return home.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Mr. Potter is less interested combing through the Caesars’ allegedly lurid deeds than probing the workings of the state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

“In fact, Dr. Zinchenko has spent the past few hours combing through security tapes, and guess what she just found?”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein