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[brim] / brɪm /




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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

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

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

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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