Example Sentences

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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

Koh said he surfed the web when the others slept.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

"In the beginning, it was difficult because we are girls and we didn't see other girls who surfed," Sambe said.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

“I find so many patients who come to me having hiked Mount Kilimanjaro, surfed in Costa Rica, started a business, switched jobs and now they’re ready to have children.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025

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

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel