skimmed
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He skimmed much of the resulting 140-page report, and landed on one conclusion: he was bold, aggressive and decisive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025
Based between an ancient burial mound and a rusting tin hut, the men stood on top of a nuclear fallout bunker, while aircraft skimmed them at terrifyingly low altitudes.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
This reduction in risk applied to various types of milk, including whole, semi-skimmed and skimmed.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
She was watching Pantalaimon as he skimmed and darted through the air, snapping up tiny moths like the other dragonflies.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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