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[rim] / rɪm /


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The brighter streaks that hug the crater's rim were fresh material excavated from deeper underground.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

From Perseverance's location along the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, Earth and Phobos present a dramatic contrast in both size and distance.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

With the grace of a bull in a china shop, Thiero flung himself toward the rim.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

Vivoo makes a urine-analysing gizmo that sits on the rim of a toilet bowl, promising to help you understand your hydration "like never before".

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

He pulled out the card and inspected it over the rim of his glasses.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

That low angle means crater rims, mountains, ridges, and even small surface bumps can block sunlight from reaching lower terrain.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

The arms are forged from motorbike springs and gears, its shoulders are curve from car rims, the spine is moulded from a fuel tank and its knees are pieced together with chains and suspension parts.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

Though Real Madrid would shape him into the best young player in Europe, Doncic believes the foundations of his game were set earlier, in Slovenia, on the playground, outside, on crooked rims, without adults hovering.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2025

Combs would regularly bring "random women" there to party, turning up with an entourage of dozens of people in "three white jeeps, with white rims and white leather seats", they say.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2025

He looked at the stack of used cups in his hand and counted the rims.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

Heat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 30, 2025

He wore a black t-shirt, dark trousers and black rimmed glasses as he entered his pleas.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2025

Impossibly deep caves in somber velvets and blues are rimmed with massive coffin ships of unknown origin.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2024

It was huge and dark brown with a wicker seat and back and large metal wheels rimmed in hard black rubber.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Beyond the museum, the grassy hills rimming the building will also be expanded and extended because Angelenos—children and adults—have a beloved tradition of rolling down them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

Beside her, Ryder, gray hairs rimming his eyes, cropped grass on the lawn of his new home, untethered and, without a fence around him, free.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2022

There’s no game plan that will get Randle’s shots to stop rimming out if he’s open.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2022

And even though the Lakers lost 123-120 to the Kings, the undermanned roster challenged throughout the game, a potential game-winning layup rimming out.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2021

We loaded up and were off as the sun gilded the tops of the scrubby bushes rimming the dell, Estraven pulling in harness and I as pusher and rudder at the stern.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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