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skim through

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Some birds, as the Swallows and Flycatchers, skim through the air to catch winged insects.

The swallows gracefully skim through the air, and greet them with their merry voices.

The overworked leg motor would have to cool down before he could work on it, plenty of time to skim through the newspaper.

He was familiar with several foreign languages, and would skim through the text.

I always skim through your letters to read those dear words first.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to skim through, such as: flash, flip through, peek, peer, scan, and browse.

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

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