brim
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Once his win became official, Woodland looked to the sky, exhaled and pushed the brim of his cap down to cover his eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The result is storage facilities that are full to the brim.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
The salads brim with color and vibrancy, inviting us to rethink how we nourish our bodies when we’re hit with cold weather.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
She told the BBC that the airport had been "packed to the brim" before it was announced that no flights had been able to arrive or leave on Monday morning.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Then she raised her head and nibbled at the brim of my old straw hat.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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If school uniform rules are relaxed, children should wear loose, light-coloured clothing where possible and sunhats with wide brims.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Mr. Mikhail’s book brims with details of their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Another reviewer says the film brims with "more rage than it knows what to do with".
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 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
They too wore dark glasses, their hats were set high upon their heads, the brims turned down.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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And social media brimmed with foreign fans admiring the US way of life.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Conversations between the two often brimmed with lessons on life, which Honda carries close to heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 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
The scientists brimmed with excitement over the potentially life-altering medical applications of such a device — restoring communication to people with locked-in syndrome, for instance, whose near full-body paralysis made talking impossible.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
All at once tears of self-pity brimmed her eyes.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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Iran can only substantially raise its oil production once storage tanks that are already brimming with crude get drained, according to analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Leaning on a burlap bag brimming with gum arabic, Ahmad pointed to a map on a journalist’s phone to show the circuitous path he took to get here.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Most of the questions and answers were about training and diet, the preparation required to make a film brimming with sheer, unadulterated masculinity.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
The first quarter is peak for the gym industry, as potential new members are brimming with fitness-focused New Year’s resolutions.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Also there were racks full of cheeses and pails brimming with milk, delightful to the sea-worn travelers who ate and drank as they waited for the master.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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