Example Sentences

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JJ: You started the project a year before the 2020 uprisings, when a lot of Black people in L.A. were surfing in protest or taking to the water for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2022

“It changed the way we perceived safety. At 15 we were surfing 25-foot waves. It was unbelievably dangerous,” Mr. Weatherley recalls in the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2018

“We were surfing this crazy Jungian tidal wave,” she said.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 26, 2015

The high tide was rolling in and the staffers, front and back, were surfing it.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2011

More and more of their friends wanted to keep up with what was happening on the Web, and by fall the two enthusiasts were surfing the Net day and night.

From Time Magazine Archive