rim

Example Sentences

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A last-second heave looked on-line to give Vanderbilt the win—but circled the rim and bounced out.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hormuz is the only shipping channel linking some of the world’s largest energy reserves to global demand, and Iran lines its northern rim.

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There was just one problem, write Robert O’Connell and Laine Higgins: Johnston, a senior shooting guard for High Point University, is usually forbidden from attempting a shot anywhere near the rim.

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All he had to do was reach up and lay the ball through the rim—the simplest shot in basketball.

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The tires on my faithful old bicycle had finally given out and I had joined the hundreds clattering about town on metal wheel rims.

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