brim
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Bond and stock portfolios have been filled to the brim with AI exposure over the past year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
I didn’t get to speak with Steinem for my project—her office politely declined due to her schedule, which even in her late 80s was packed to the brim.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 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
Filling the stockpile to the brim will cost around $20 billion according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
It must have rained, for the glass was beaded with moisture, and water licked the brim of the leak bucket in the corner.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Hardy’s prose brims with assurance and wry details that come from lived experiences and conversations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
Another reviewer says the film brims with "more rage than it knows what to do with".
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Mr. Elliott’s narrative brims with enthusiasm for its subject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
How could they sit there without twitching a muscle, even with the black flies buzzing under their bonnet brims?
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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
The late 1990s brimmed with predictions, often contradictory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
Like today, Malibu brimmed with celebrities, but in the pre-Instagram era they tended to come and go without media histrionics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
All at once tears of self-pity brimmed her eyes.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
People rarely visited the park along the canal but because of the message, the place was soon brimming with people eager to spot the shark.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Social media is brimming with content from people like Howard who say they won’t pay high bills and advise others to not pay them, or who share tips on how to cut their bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Her eyes started brimming with tears during the final question, revealing that her last sob session occurred just that morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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
My mom takes a pile of napkins, gently wiping the shake off my face, her eyes suddenly brimming with tears.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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