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Recent Examples of whitecap
It was built as a global cruising yacht, though its ability to excel in stiff winds and whitecaps has led to success on the competitive regatta circuit.
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Located roughly 1,300 light-years away, the celestial feature resembles a silhouette of a horse's head and neck emerging from what appears to astronomers like whitecaps of interstellar foam.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
Wind asserted itself in the District on Saturday by throbbing in the ears, raising whitecaps on the Potomac River and setting twigs, branches and leaves into frenzied tossing, fluttering and nodding.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
For three days, as a fierce wind whipped the water outside the windows into frothing whitecaps, the group sat through a series of talks, most of them by two mathematicians from Stony Brook University in New York: Misha Lyubich and Dima Dudko.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Located roughly 1,300 light-years away, the celestial feature resembles a silhouette of a horse's head and neck emerging from what appears to astronomers like whitecaps of interstellar foam.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
Wind asserted itself in the District on Saturday by throbbing in the ears, raising whitecaps on the Potomac River and setting twigs, branches and leaves into frenzied tossing, fluttering and nodding.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
For three days, as a fierce wind whipped the water outside the windows into frothing whitecaps, the group sat through a series of talks, most of them by two mathematicians from Stony Brook University in New York: Misha Lyubich and Dima Dudko.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitecap
Noun
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On Saturday at 2:23 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a high surf advisory in effect until Sunday at 10 a.m. for San Luis Obispo County Beaches and Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Related article This American went to Colombia to kite surf.—
Ivonne Valdes, Hira Humayun and Sharon Braithwaite,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For a team that’s been knocking on the door as a plucky underdog over the past few years, acquiring Rantanen has given this team a game breaker at a totally different level than what previously existed in Texas.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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This collaboration with the quicksilver informant unwillingly leads Pietro into a murky underworld, finding that in this case, law enforcers may not differ much from the law breakers.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In response, Bukele declared a state of exception, which is still in effect, suspending many of the country’s due process rights and commencing a wave of mass arrests.—
Danielle Mackey,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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This move could result in a wave of early retirements, Nina Olson, executive director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights, told the Journal of Accountancy.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.—
Paul Greenberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Dec. 2022
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.—
Scott Harrison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Spring is here, which means hydration and moisture is the biggest trend, from sopping wet curls to sleek chignons and water waves.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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Jackson's long hair was styled in soft curls by J Miles Salon.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Whitecap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitecap. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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