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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

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

Ophie didn’t even get a chance to argue before Penelope dropped the comb in her apron pocket and began heading back toward the stairs.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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

With the help of Rydberg atoms, the transformative uses of optical frequency combs can now be extended into the previously difficult terahertz region.

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

I was going to travel to France and bring back fabric and combs and jewelry that the ladies of Philadelphia would swoon over.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

In the past, scammers would have manually combed through social-media profiles and other online data to piece together details about potential targets and obtain contact information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

She had combed her curly hair with water, but it wouldn’t lie flat.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

They described an onerous search process that entails combing through emails and phones of 13 city officials, including the mayor; as well as the records of more than a dozen rent board members and staffers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Perhaps it’s being pet in a certain way, combing their fur with a brush or letting them chase a feather.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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

On Sunday, lines of police officers were combing the ground near the car, a Citroen minivan with a Berlin number plate, in the search for clues and taking samples of material from the ground.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

I cast a glance at you, wondering if it would upset you to hear me talking about Appa, but you and Muthu were busy combing Kutti’s scanty fur with one of the pieces of comb.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman