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To skim costs in that shift, the company used cheap, faulty battery packs that, it turns out, were the real culprit for the drone failure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

But Mr. Adams seems content to skim the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Jeremy decided to start at the top of the index and skim straight through.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle, it skims along the earth’s atmosphere and can maneuver, making it less predictable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

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

Or, rather, she skims the pages and sees that the content is all about the same: How could you?

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm hammered a four-seam fastball that skimmed the top of the strike zone over the center-field wall in the first inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

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

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

I skimmed the first couple of pages and decided I liked the play already.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

Rentner led visitors around by boat then, skimming over the inundated land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

Contenders from around the world are converging on a tiny Scottish island for one of the country's most unlikely international sporting events - the world stone skimming championships.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

I heard her steel runners skimming the ice.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell