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[reem] / rim /


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So I opened Cash App and sent Cathy another ream of screenshots: She wanted evidence of my having verified my identity on the app, of my having purchased Bitcoin, of my having sent it.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

When L.A. finally does get to the point of construction, a new ream of issues related to labor and supplies will likely crop up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025

Clearly, some of the horror over the recipe was not mere Marmite disdain, but its introduction into the ostensible ream of Italian food.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2023

"I shouldn't need to be looking in September at what supermarket chain has the cheapest ream of paper so I can ask parents to buy a ream per child."

From BBC ● May 24, 2023

He brought his handkerchief out of his pocket to ream the sweat, carefully, out of one eye socket and then the other.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Repeatedly drawing up contracts helps beginning lawyers master underlying legal theory, just like prepping reams of corporate tax returns lets accountants know how to eventually advise clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The scaly beast looked curious as it walked atop the reams of vinyl at Manak’s bar, on the ground floor of Stones Throw’s offices, which take up half a block on Figueroa Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The agents also hallucinated reams of incoherent commands and text and were sloppy and did not cover their tracks well.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to work in those countries.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Our family had no piano and we couldn’t afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Another that was reamed by critics and shocked fans when it was nominated for Golden Globes, "Emily in Paris" follows a young American woman who moves to France's capital to chase her dreams.

From Fox News ● Sep. 16, 2021

In mid-June, Carlson reamed out Kushner for advocating judicial reform, which the host viewed as the wrong political path for Trump.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2020

Drenched in dread, Wyeth’s story is told mainly by an anonymous narrator via 84 flashback scenes reamed with abrupt, enigmatic silences.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2019

Bharara: I got reamed out a few times, unfairly, every time of course.

From MSNBC ● Jun. 11, 2019

Matt could imagine him as a boy, long before the events that had blunted his nose and reamed him with scars from head to toe.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

The reaming he got from coach John Calipari when the team watched video in the Hall of Famer’s basement the next day.

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022

“But he is the exact opposite of that. When Susie is reaming him out he is so happy, it makes him joyful.”

From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2017

But notice how Jeanie smiles sadistically while listening to Rooney reaming out Ferris on the back steps.

From Washington Times ● May 22, 2016

As for your young marrieds, don’t compound their rudeness with your own by reaming them out.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2014

Citra cleared her throat, biting back the verbal reaming she wanted to give him, and did her best to remain professional.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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