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One study found that people who consumed at least one serving of skim or low-fat milk each day had a 19% increased risk of prostate cancer compared with those who rarely drank it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Can I suggest you read, or at least skim, Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Few readers would even skim a story beneath the headline “Nothing New at Arms Talks Today.”

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

I’ll skim a monologue like a speed reader, then I go back to look at specific words.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

The enterprising ones would skim off their share, and if they were smart and wished to enjoy their lives, they’d learn how to ski and play golf.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Think of it as a highly subjective road-trip mixtape that skims through history, one that pauses to consider something remarkable unfolding in a pocket of the country at a particular time and place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Each competitor is allowed three skims and stones must bounce at least twice on water before sinking.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025

Ramsey’s book is just one arm of the multi-pronged complaints that have been lodged against her, grievances that “Shark Whisperer” only skims the surface covering.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2025

Biskind is just about incapable of being boring, and “Pandora’s Box” skims along with snarky vigor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

Mom opens my book, skims the page for a moment, and then says, “Girl, I don’t know nothing ’bout that.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

Where this story takes place — which metaphysical realm it’s actually set in — is skimmed over entirely.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

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

Following the brief group discussion, I handed her my written evaluation, which she quietly skimmed over before raising her hand.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The gangs depend on secretive “builders” who meticulously construct skimming devices that even diligent merchants can miss, investigators say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Michael Jackson showed off his signature move, the moonwalk, on television in 1983, skimming backwards across the stage to his No. 1 hit “Billie Jean.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

It’s sketched out for cynical skimming rather than deeper psychological consideration.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Cleanup teams are skimming and pumping oil from the tributary and deploying absorbent booms and pads to recover oil trapped along the creek bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

She rowed faster and faster, until the boat was skimming across the water.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown