rim
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The pot was compact enough to fit in a palm, with a simple rim, a smooth dull gray surface, and no decoration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The brighter streaks that hug the crater's rim were fresh material excavated from deeper underground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It said archaeological trenches dug near the route of the underground cable "contained the rim of an inverted pottery vessel whose fabric suggests a Bronze Age collared urn circa 1700-1500BC, typically associated with human burial".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Gently press one pastry square into each prepared muffin cup, leaving the pointed corners extending above the rim.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
I laugh when his shot bangs off the rim and he gets an E right away.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
That low angle means crater rims, mountains, ridges, and even small surface bumps can block sunlight from reaching lower terrain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Four times a year, America’s publicly traded companies line up for a dunk contest on lowered rims called earnings season.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
S&W Atlas Iron & Metal had processed scrap metal in Watts since 1949, shredding and baling aluminum cans, steel rims and copper wire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Though Real Madrid would shape him into the best young player in Europe, Doncic believes the foundations of his game were set earlier, in Slovenia, on the playground, outside, on crooked rims, without adults hovering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025
They’ve attached a wire to the heart, which rims to a loudspeaker, so you can hear the heart beating throughout the entire room, agonizingly slow, like an old man walking up stairs.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Heat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
Prosper, who wore a grey T-shirt, attended his hearing wearing black rimmed glasses.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
Impossibly deep caves in somber velvets and blues are rimmed with massive coffin ships of unknown origin.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Little soft rimmed cups of various sizes and a wheel, most likely, and another object that could turn out to be either a lever or a stick; it was hard to tell.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Beyond the museum, the grassy hills rimming the building will also be expanded and extended because Angelenos—children and adults—have a beloved tradition of rolling down them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Beside her, Ryder, gray hairs rimming his eyes, cropped grass on the lawn of his new home, untethered and, without a fence around him, free.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
There’s no game plan that will get Randle’s shots to stop rimming out if he’s open.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
And even though the Lakers lost 123-120 to the Kings, the undermanned roster challenged throughout the game, a potential game-winning layup rimming out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
The trees rimming the outfield were flaunting their colors.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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