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• v  straighten with a comb
• v  search thoroughly
  They combed the area for the missing child
• v  smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
• a  (of hair) made tidy with a comb
  with hair combed to the side

• comb
• ransack
• comb out
• disentangle

• uncombed

News & Articles

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• Investigators: Multiple deficiencies found in Boone hotel pool heater
  State and local investigators combed every inch of a Boone hotel after three people died inside the same room in less than two months. Minutes after arriving Wednesday, inspectors from the North Carolina State Board of Licensing and an inspector from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission took photos of the pool area at the Best Western. Police said inspectors focused much of their ...
  June 13, 2013 - WPXI Pittsburgh
• Memorial services planned for Emeryville man missing since Bay to Breakers
  PORTLAND -- Though searchers who have combed local beaches for weeks have not found a body, friends and family of Beau Rasmussen, who went missing after the Bay to Breakers race last month, have planned a June 29 memorial service in Portland to remember the Emeryville man.
  June 13, 2013 - Lamorinda Sun
• Wacha earns 1st win, Cardinals beat Mets 9-2
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Wacha had combed his hair and dressed in a button-down shirt, all ready at his locker not long after a beer shower to celebrate his first major league win.
  June 12, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Jim Cramer in Business Media Institute
  Ever since I endorsed John McCain for president, people seeking to attack Senator McCain have combed my records for statements they can use for political gain. They have had no qualms about grossly misrepresenting my position on issues most near... John Hagee http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hagee&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFycbDKNSW25t-O-FgnwCmn0aDSRg Reuters http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2252526620080522&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEOmR_XcqrXWVH1cFID6LzNdxGLwA May 22, 2008 19723 27496 combed We have radical deflation in this country," Cramer said. "I mean, that's what it is. People are maybe working, earning money off the books. I'm doing a series on the show. I'm trying to find companies that are gloom-busters. I gave combed...
• Harry Reid in Huffington Post (blog)
  Stuck like hell,Reid said. "I'm home in my pajamas, a very nice pair of pajamas, I might add. And I haven't combed my hair or shaved."