skimming

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Skimming fungus off expired financial products since 2008,

From MarketWatch • Nov. 23, 2025

Skimming a ledger on her table, Bach’s colleague Estrellita Echor noted that only a handful of shoppers had taken advantage of the offer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Skimming the ingredient list, you could mistake it for chicken Alfredo.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

In 2017 she entered the All England Open Stone Skimming Championships on Lake Windermere in Cumbria after spotting an advert on the National Trust's Facebook page.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023

Skimming down closer, they found themselves ignored, for the first time, because something more interesting was gripping the minds of all the ghosts.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman