skimming

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The shimmering and pellucid choreographic poem presents its central woman as if arriving on a breeze by way of skimming steps on pointe and ultimately exiting as breezily as she arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Entrant Jonathan Jennings went on to victory last week as the contest's first American winner, skimming his stones a cumulative distance of 177m.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

Instead of casually wading into the shallow end, skimming the surface with tepid bits of history about Mansfield’s life and career, Hargitay opts for a cannonball.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

In trying to tell Rivers’ whole story, “Joan” winds up skimming the surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

Tally leaned forward, skimming the river low and fast, trying to leave the cold feeling in her stomach behind.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld