skimmed
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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
Morning after morning, residents would retrieve the bottles of milk on their stoops only to find that a thief had skimmed off the cream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
They’re skimmed over, but not in a manner that feels reluctant or incurious.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
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
“And I skimmed, perhaps, over the details of Lateef’s ring. But by my soul, and by your beards, I’m sorry. Let him who has not swindled a little throw the first stone.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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