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[surf] / sɜrf /


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He said on X: "Damaging winds, heavy rain, flash flooding and dangerous surf are possible across the state through the weekend."

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Not long ago, I watched a video of an angler tossing an urchin into the Atlantic surf and coming up with a nice-sized fluke.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

County closed several restrooms and an access road to Point Dume Beach after high tides and surf caused “extreme erosion,” according to the Department of Beaches and Harbors.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The National Weather Service has repeatedly warned of dangerous rip currents and elevated surf in recent weeks as multiple southerly swells battered the coastlines of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

The slow surf crawled and seethed in the dark and he thought about his life but there was no life to think about and after a while he walked back.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

And it makes a seemingly banal title wryly funny: Ms. Andrade, a top competitive surfer, stands a little over 5 feet tall; the waves where she surfs at Nazaré, Portugal, can top 80 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

Efrus, a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier, surfs the waves in the Pacific waters off Peru.

From Seattle Times Jan. 25, 2024

He appears to be in great physical shape, and he surfs regularly and travels the world for weeks at a time.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2023

He grew up surfing at Makaha and now surfs all over the world, and has trained at the Slater wave pool and a Texas one.

From Washington Times May 29, 2023

She surfs waves as big as houses and jumps off anything.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

It is in the house where Bryn famously "surfed the world wide web" to give Gavin directions from Barry to Essex in one of the first ever episodes.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

I also watched a lot of movies on VHS tapes and surfed some of the world’s biggest waves along the coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

After graduating in 2021, she moved to London and couch surfed for six months, before she got a job as an admin assistant at the Royal Court Theatre on its education team.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2026

"I had never surfed before this program," Seynabou Tall told AFP, seated beside her mother.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

In this way, streaming and tripping the anchors, we surfed in to shore.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Just like surfing, if he put his mind to it, he’d get good at volleyball, but for now, football is the focus for him and his family.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Papin, her 9-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son settled into a routine of horseback-riding lessons in the morning and surfing in the afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Near the French surfing hotspot of Le Grand Crohot, an AFP reporter saw violent gusts of wind whipping up flames as firefighting aircraft attempted to extinguish a rekindled fire.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

A strong group of teams will be traveling to Hawaii next month, so they’ll be getting ready a little faster for football and surfing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

At once they beat their wings and surged forward, and she darted with them, surfing on the turbulence their pinions caused in the air and relishing the speed and power it added to her flight.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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