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brim

[brim] / brɪm /




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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

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

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

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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