brim
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Every single Formica-topped table was packed to the brim.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
A few metres away, his mother Beatrice was busy ladling out and flipping crepes spread from brim to brim with a generous layer of chocolate-hazelnut spread.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Leinster, a side full to the brim of Irish internationals, did not have an answer as Bordeaux romped to a 41-19 victory in Bilbao to become only the sixth side to retain their European crown.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
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
His waffle is golden-brown perfection, its squares filled to the brim with syrup.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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Hardy’s prose brims with assurance and wry details that come from lived experiences and conversations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
The results are childlike at times — parts of “La Noche” and “Lo_Divino” sound like nursery rhymes — while the nakedness of “Volvieron” brims with a solemn, ageless kind of grace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
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
They beat the brims of their hats against their legs before putting diem on and trudged down the road like old promises nobody wanted kept.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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She remembers when the blocks up to Tin Hau Temple brimmed with food carts, trinkets, and the occasional fortune-teller.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
And social media brimmed with foreign fans admiring the US way of life.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The late 1990s brimmed with predictions, often contradictory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
Comments on the piece brimmed with hostility for the very idea that a life prioritizing pets might be more joyous and meaningful than one spent searching for a suitable human.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025
By the time we pulled up to the courthouse, there was already a big crowd waiting outside: men in suits and brimmed hats, and women wearing their best Sunday dresses.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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Indian Creek Country Club, Miami’s nearly century-old, exclusive club, sits in the heart of a private island brimming with so many ultrawealthy residents it is known as the Billionaire Bunker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Maerl beds may closely resemble corals but they are in fact thousands of pieces of free-living calcified seaweed that can interlock to create a carpet brimming with life.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
But a recent journey showed me that little-known Colima is brimming with fascinating foods and drinks only found here, and has a burgeoning culinary scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Iran can only substantially raise its oil production once storage tanks that are already brimming with crude get drained, according to analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Tears brimming in her blue eyes suddenly spilled over.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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