skim over

Example Sentences

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"It's important we don't skim over what happened."

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

“And let’s not skim over the facts here: Whole milk is truly the cream of the crop in delivering these key vitamins and nutrients to growing children.”

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Rapinoe had a shot skim over the cross bar in the 47th minute and another saved in the 53rd.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

And she dives deep into the transformative moments in Pelosi’s early political career that are so well known a biographer might be tempted to skim over them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2021

Instead, I seemed to skim over the carpet of a corridor.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck