skimming

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Readers less enrapt about the details of these might find themselves skimming sections about them, or those about operating-system updates and later iMac models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The shimmering and pellucid choreographic poem presents its central woman as if arriving on a breeze by way of skimming steps on pointe and ultimately exiting as breezily as she arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The world stone skimming championships have been rocked by a cheating scandal, after several competitors were disqualified for tampering.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

Instead of casually wading into the shallow end, skimming the surface with tepid bits of history about Mansfield’s life and career, Hargitay opts for a cannonball.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

The boat moved fast and sharp across the waves, skimming like a skipped stone.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell