whitecap
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I backed up and stumbled as we braced ourselves to meet the wall of water that was now a whitecap above our heads.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2016
Wave upon wave of oceanic orchestral sounds — swirling strings, arpeggiated harps, droning brass and winds, the whitecap shimmer of multiple harps, bells, marimbas, vibraphones and keyboards — momentously evoked the Pacific.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2015
Some of the islands are so small that they seem no bigger than a whitecap from a few miles' distance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here & there in the long groundswell of words a whitecap showed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much harden The water was running out against him, and every whitecap that struck him broadside sent water into the bottom of the boat.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
One evening, ominous, low-lying tube-shaped clouds known as arcus formed, and whitecaps appeared in the waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Cefalu — a lifelong Tahoe boater and co-owner of Mile High Fishing Charters — noticed some whitecaps forming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Icy whitecaps broke over the bow, and we could see water spouts spitting in the distance.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
The best winter storm-watching combines lashing rain, high winds, monstrous whitecaps — and a warm and/or safe place to view the action at a distance.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Once when my dad was out on the Mary Rose a storm come on sudden, and the swells broke out in whitecaps and he decided to head in early, just to be cautious.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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