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Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

While riding his bike, Sam did some neat new tricks.
Yesterday, I walked up to the lion eating popcorn.
Waving a dollar bill, Sue ran wildly toward the ice cream truck.
Surfing at the beach, the waves tossed me around violently.

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The last one. Surfing at the beach, the waves...implies that the waves were surfing. Hope that helps!
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