skimmed

These funds where skimmed from the every years budget for all years Griffin was Administrator.

The Budget Road Ahead - NASA Watch 2009

His managers lived, rent-free, with salaries commensurate to ability, in five — ­and ten-thousand-dollar houses — ­but they were the cream of specialists skimmed from the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

CHAPTER IV 2010

Here is the challenge, let's see how much money has been wasted over the years in downtown Aurora and how much has been skimmed from the rest of the city into TIF projects that would really never pass TIF criteria!

Should Aurora Bet $1.25 Million on Billy Goat to Help Synergize Downtown Aurora? 2009

My feeling is he wanted to pay for the state's budget so something can be skimmed from the top.

Sanford to hold press conference 2009

As the fin skimmed past Bowman, we saw this shark was longer than the kayak.

Fly Fishing for Mako Sharks 2005

Sir Nutcombe's reply was, Yes, a good deal of the cream has already been skimmed from the milk jug.

Peace Through Investment—A challenge to the Capitalist Countries 1960

His managers lived, rent-free, with salaries commensurate to ability, in five — ­and ten-thousand-dollar houses — ­but they were the cream of specialists skimmed from the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London 1916

“After years of tap water, I’d finally had enough of drinking water that tasted like it had been skimmed from the pool of the local YMCA.”

This Week’s Best Posts | Lifehacker Australia 2008

We were treated with coffee, and milk, sour milk (or leben), but not skimmed, which is considered a great luxury, and only presented to strangers of consequence.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828

I usually 'fess up at some point that I technically "skimmed" the book, but details like that don't seem to bother teenagers.

Giving Up Roger Sutton 2009