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Rio prosecutors charged Flávio in 2020 with running a scheme to skim the salaries of legislative aides, a case later closed after key evidence was thrown out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

It had been hoped Bluebird would reach sufficient speed to allow it to "plane" - the point at which hydrodynamics enable the machine to skim across the surface of the lake.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

“If my remaking was skim plaster, she feared, it would crumble. It would not hold me into adulthood.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

So: Should you drink whole milk or skim?

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026

As he pulls out his notebook to skim the letter he wrote Martin after Blake’s party, he hears the door open and close before the bedsprings squeak.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

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

Here, Borgli only skims the surface, counting on subtext to imply that Charlie and Rachel have been forced to confront innate prejudices about their partners, who are both Black.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

Ben Duckett clips Will Porter off his pads and the ball skims away for his first four of the day.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024

While baggier hems are more popular, Turner Allen, 31, a stylist, suggests wearing a pant that skims the top of the shoe: in denim he suggests a quarter- or half-break.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

Chin down, Kristi skims her fingertips across the surface of the water.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

Even the fanciest European supermarkets typically offered three types of milk: whole, semiskimmed and skimmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

If it appeared on a menu, I skimmed past it.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 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

She skimmed along under the surface like an otter.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Ellis, a sweet guy not averse to skimming a little off the top when dealing with moneyed customers — it’s a summer getaway for the rich — takes an immediate shine to Annie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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

But that is still only skimming the surface.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

She was skimming the surface of the world again, but now that surface was shattered, littered with debris.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez