rim
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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
Gently press one pastry square into each prepared muffin cup, leaving the pointed corners extending above the rim.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
With the grace of a bull in a china shop, Thiero flung himself toward the rim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Yai stood on the dock with one foot resting on the rim of the boat, holding it still.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
A Baroque-like wheel fusing geometry, monsters and movement, it suggests a supernatural take on contemporary spinning rims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Water gathered in low-lying valleys and river channels, overflowed crater rims, and rushed through canyons.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Tyres will retain 18-inch wheel rims, but the tyres themselves will be narrower, by 25mm at the front and 30mm at the rear.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Four times a year, America’s publicly traded companies line up for a dunk contest on lowered rims called earnings season.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
Grandma tilted her chin down, peered at them over the rims of her glasses.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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
He felt her calloused hand move gently over his swollen jaw long before he saw her red- rimmed eyes peering down at him.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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
By 12, Ku pounded out miles without his dad, speeding day after day down dirt paths rimming nearby farms.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Sand and gravel deposits can be found along 2,000 miles of Lake Bonneville’s ancient shorelines rimming the valleys of northern Utah, says John Macfarlane, a neurosurgeon on Moench’s board.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
He’s mainly bald, with a half circle of gray hair rimming his head and long white whiskers that poke out from different parts of his cheeks.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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