brim
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Filling the stockpile to the brim will cost around $20 billion according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
The result is storage facilities that are full to the brim.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
For all of the pain and despair at the heart of Preston’s story, his musical contributions brim with optimism and panache.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Sumayyah Zara Sillah's eyes light up as she takes hold of a takeaway box filled to the brim with strips of golden-coated Nashville-style hot tenders, dripping with sauce.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
And when I get one eye at the edge of the bricks to see if I’m being followed, I catch a flash of a policeman’s dark blue hat with the gold around its brim.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Mr. Mikhail’s book brims with details of their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
These vignettes are where Gyllenhaal’s directorial eye shines the brightest, and where “The Bride!” brims with promise — just before the first of the film’s several unexplained narrative shifts.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Consign Design traffics in luxury labels like Brunello, Prada, Gucci and Hermès, along with top-drawer skiwear, while Capelet Consign brims with AG, Theory, Veronica Beard and Ulla Johnson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
With its cool, damp air, the garden brims with what Lucio calls “magic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
When you’re married to the president, you come to understand quickly that the world brims with chaos, that disasters unfurl without notice.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
And social media brimmed with foreign fans admiring the US way of life.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The three Graham works I caught brimmed with powerful physicality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Conversations between the two often brimmed with lessons on life, which Honda carries close to heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
On the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya's capital, many areas that once brimmed with arabica have been paved over for housing estates or shopping malls.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
She shook and her eyes brimmed with tears as she saw me watching.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
A week later, on Jan. 29, 2020, he’s brimming with excitement when journalist Lou Dobbs tells him he recommended Mr. Trump consult the doctor on the outbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But dig deeper, and one will find that Tyler’s discography is brimming with hits that put her unmistakable rasp to thrilling use.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Sharp, fearless and brimming with confidence, Lamine Yamal drifted past defenders with ease and injected life into Spain's attack.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Many of the old tree sitters — white-haired and brimming with stories of Bari — have come out of the woodwork for the latest battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
Tears are brimming, and I can feel my chin quivering.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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