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[rim] / rɪm /


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Eventually, the robot gripped the glass by the rim, maneuvered it into place and threw its hands in the air in triumph.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Walker Kessler, the Lakers’ big offseason acquisition, is out to prove he can be an elite rim protector and help unlock a more aggressive perimeter defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Schmitt’s theory, though, couldn’t even hit the rim: It turned out that Smith had not attended the Hawks game in question.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The new wheel is better in both respects; however, the upper rim still partially blocks the display.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Mal ran to him where he lay on his side, on the broad rim of the fountain.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

That low angle means crater rims, mountains, ridges, and even small surface bumps can block sunlight from reaching lower terrain.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Four times a year, America’s publicly traded companies line up for a dunk contest on lowered rims called earnings season.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

Its wheels’ gold rims, capped with smiley faces, are emblazoned with the platitude “Where Dreams Are Made,” while the whole thing is ornamented with piped-icing filigree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Combs would regularly bring "random women" there to party, turning up with an entourage of dozens of people in "three white jeeps, with white rims and white leather seats", they say.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025

He looks about like what you’d expect for a guy named Muqtada: big; straight gray beard; wide, wrinkled dark face; glasses with white plastic rims.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

Heat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

Prosper, who wore a grey T-shirt, attended his hearing wearing black rimmed glasses.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025

An oval abrasion on a French bulldog’s ear was rimmed by crusty discharge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

Her big eyes were rimmed with red, her short black hair on end, freckles standing out against the full flush of her oval face.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Beyond the museum, the grassy hills rimming the building will also be expanded and extended because Angelenos—children and adults—have a beloved tradition of rolling down them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

We were alone but for several thousand flamingos rimming the edge of a quarter of the deep lake in a pink arc.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Beside her, Ryder, gray hairs rimming his eyes, cropped grass on the lawn of his new home, untethered and, without a fence around him, free.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

And even though the Lakers lost 123-120 to the Kings, the undermanned roster challenged throughout the game, a potential game-winning layup rimming out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2021

We loaded up and were off as the sun gilded the tops of the scrubby bushes rimming the dell, Estraven pulling in harness and I as pusher and rudder at the stern.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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