skimming

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Michael Jackson showed off his signature move, the moonwalk, on television in 1983, skimming backwards across the stage to his No. 1 hit “Billie Jean.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

It’s sketched out for cynical skimming rather than deeper psychological consideration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

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

The world stone skimming championships have been rocked by a cheating scandal, after several competitors were disqualified for tampering.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth