brim
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Open singles draw actually started, but spectators had packed the 14,000 seats of Louis Armstrong Stadium to the brim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Every single Formica-topped table was packed to the brim.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
"We can't even fill the coffee cups to the brim or they spill," his son Linus, 19, added with an air of amused exasperation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“The head got banged up a little bit,” Muncy said after the game, a cut on the brim of his nose still visible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
He takes the upside-down sunglasses off the brim of Ben-Ben’s cap and then grabs the pair off Malik’s.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
Philadelphia, meanwhile, brims with talent, including new hire Jaylen Brown, landed via a baffling trade by Boston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Mr. Elliott’s narrative brims with enthusiasm for its subject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
These vignettes are where Gyllenhaal’s directorial eye shines the brightest, and where “The Bride!” brims with promise — just before the first of the film’s several unexplained narrative shifts.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
The resulting sequence brims with delightful wonder and manifests her spunky, self-assured personality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
They all wore demon hats, with the crowns pushed up full and high and the brims down flat.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
Quinn Kelsey’s sumptuous baritone brimmed with lyricism along with its power, expressing Macbeth’s ambition and terror at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
And social media brimmed with foreign fans admiring the US way of life.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Everything about the production embraced simplicity and sincerity, and the result was an ultimately sad and strange tale that nevertheless brimmed with unforced warmth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
On the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya's capital, many areas that once brimmed with arabica have been paved over for housing estates or shopping malls.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
Cecilia’s eyes were brimmed with tears, and suddenly she looked ancient.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
The squad is brimming with international talent, many of whose profiles and personal sponsorship agreements benefit from plying their trade in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
What sets the show apart are lines like these, culled from Jefferson’s missives and brimming with vitality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Lebanon is brimming with archaeological finds showcasing its rich history over thousands of years, from the Phoenician, Persian, Roman and Byzantine periods, the Crusades, and Arab and Islamic sultanates and empires.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Huffman’s characterization of Bree is three-dimensional and completely straight-faced, brimming with compassion and curiosity — and, really, so very funny, but without ever making Bree the butt of the joke.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Eyes brimming with tears, the child held out its pudgy arms toward the window.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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