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As another taxing year nears its end, the popularity of “You Can See Everything” reflects audiences’ desire to go deeper than the surface level most streaming documentaries are content to skim.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

She’ll opt for the coconut water with pineapple at her office, or a Starbucks white hot chocolate with skim milk: “I have a terrible, terrible, terrible sweet tooth.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

One study found that people who consumed at least one serving of skim or low-fat milk each day had a 19% increased risk of prostate cancer compared with those who rarely drank it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Can I suggest you read, or at least skim, Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

I skim through the text, which seems to be describing exactly what’s happening to me.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

"We can actually go lower than a human pilot can," says Russ Marotzke, as the aircraft skims over the crop.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle, it skims along the earth’s atmosphere and can maneuver, making it less predictable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

The screenplay hits the big moments and skims the details, but it also leaves room for director Thomas Napper to lean into flashes of lyrical dreaminess.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024

The plane skims across the water and can load up to 800 gallons in about 15 seconds, Cuthbert said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Theo skims along life, all surface, no depth, simple and uncomplicated.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

This was not money skimmed from a contract.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm hammered a four-seam fastball that skimmed the top of the strike zone over the center-field wall in the first inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

If it appeared on a menu, I skimmed past it.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

He skimmed much of the resulting 140-page report, and landed on one conclusion: he was bold, aggressive and decisive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Ifemelu opened her novel, Jean Toomer’s Cane, and skimmed a few pages.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Rentner led visitors around by boat then, skimming over the inundated land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

"Whenever you mention stone skimming, it immediately brings up nostalgic memories of doing it with their family - parents or grandparents teaching them how to do it," he explained.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Readers less enrapt about the details of these might find themselves skimming sections about them, or those about operating-system updates and later iMac models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Cleanup teams are skimming and pumping oil from the tributary and deploying absorbent booms and pads to recover oil trapped along the creek bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

He could see Tialys and Salmakia skimming toward them, but they were some way off yet, and he had a moment or two to watch the harpies as they wheeled and dived.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman