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as in flipped
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
I'll just skim through a few styling magazines and see if something interesting catches my eye
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as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
a lone hang glider skimming along just above the treetops
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as in brushed
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
her hand just barely skimmed the wall as she ran down the hallway
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as in peeked
to take a quick or hasty look
he impatiently skimmed through the book, looking for the specific passage he remembered seeing
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Verb
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On a cold afternoon in March, a Colombian family brushed past fellow migrants smoking outside the Watson Hotel on West 57th Street.—
Luis Ferré-Sadurní,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024 -
On a cold afternoon in March, a Colombian family brushed past fellow migrants smoking outside the Watson Hotel on West 57th Street.—
Luis Ferré-Sadurní,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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Atlanta snuck into the postseason before getting bounced in the Wild Card round.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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The ball does not break apart when bounced in your palm.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2024
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The 1992 Masters champion also kissed his club on the face.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Watts was asked about the best movie or TV kiss of her career, and Murray grabbed her face and kissed her.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2025
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While this gross page count will include a small percentage of blank and skipped pages that will be subtracted in the National Archives’ final tally, the overall picture remains unchanged.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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James skipped college to enter the NBA in 2003—the NBA banned drafting high school players two years later.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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The movie slipped to fifth, third, and sixth ranks in the following weeks.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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The city slipped into a recession, and things got harder.—
Dodai Stewart,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Skimmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimmed. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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