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skimming

noun as in embezzlement

noun as in graft

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"We saw the first one skimming across the grass and exploding in front of us," he said.

From BBC

In trying to tell Rivers’ whole story, “Joan” winds up skimming the surface.

Skimming the shelves while carrying her daughter, new mother Crystal Morales recalls her own relationship to Spanish.

The early signs of this event was seen in a long and low-energy outburst from the star — the telltale signature of a planet skimming along a star’s surface.

After skimming the inner edge of the main asteroid belt, Lucy heads back toward Earth for a gravity assist in December 2024.

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

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