skimming

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The shimmering and pellucid choreographic poem presents its central woman as if arriving on a breeze by way of skimming steps on pointe and ultimately exiting as breezily as she arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

But that is still only skimming the surface.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

To list even the most notable of your credits would not even be skimming the surface of your extensive resume.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

Faster and faster flew the seagulls, skimming across the sky at a tremendous pace, with the peach trailing out behind them.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl