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

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

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

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

To list even the most notable of your credits would not even be skimming the surface of your extensive resume.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

In a few seconds he was followed by his younger brother Billy, who at age twelve was noisier and had an annoying habit of skimming rocks across the grass at anything that moved.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien