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rim

noun as in border; top edge

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“It’s nice to see the ball go through the rim,” said Clark, who went 4 for 6 from behind the arc in the second half.

Brown has also finished 6 percent more of his shots at the rim and, perhaps most importantly, has become one of the league’s premier long-range snipers.

Siakam’s inability to finish at the rim was a key factor in Toronto’s second-round loss to the Boston Celtics.

He’s still using those basketball skills, getting to the rim.

In his first start of the season in Bryant’s stead, Lopez helped set the tone at the rim, grabbing 11 rebounds, including seven offensive boards.

He had, after all, already learned just how much trouble that could get him into—rim shot.

Then we shoot Pacific Rim December 2015 all the way to the middle of 2016 to be ready for release April 2017.

Adding a rim protector aside from the 36-year-old Birdman would certainly be nice too.

Odds are, you expected Jackson to swish all three, but first freebie dribbled off the front of the rim and suddenly, hope renewed!

You still have to get a ball through a rim - even if a peach basket bottom no longer prevents it from dropping to the ground.

From this day, Ramona never knew an instant's peace or rest till she stood on the rim of the refuge valley, high on San Jacinto.

The others kept on, climbed the short, steep bank, and passed from sight over its rim.

I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.

"I tell you," he said, and turned his head to look wistfully up at the eastern coulée-rim, all tinted with the blazing sunset.

A faint column of smoke curled up into the still air, and as he spoke the lower rim of the setting sun met the edge of the moor.

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On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rim, such as: fringe, ledge, lip, perimeter, periphery, and band.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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