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A fine spray skims from the water right across the esplanade.

Bliss, and Other Stories 1920

KLEIN: Well, I don't know how significant a mistake it is, although it does tend to reinforce my sense that John McCain kind of skims the surface of Iraq.

CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2008 2008

It took about an hour to get it to the bottom today, 2,000 feet, and it kind of skims along the bottom of the ground and it has a video capability and you can monitor that from up on the ship.

CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Sunken Japanese Boat Discovered, Victims Remain Lost - February 17, 2001 2001

- A grocery store or restaurant employee "skims" credit card information while processing a legitimate purchase and uses it to create new credit cards and use them.

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The thieves apparently installed a device on the gas station's card reader that "skims" victims 'card information and PIN numbers.

The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage 2008

Chopin channel surfs and eats a chicken sandwich, he skims a magazine on entomology, he takes a long bath: "Immobile in the hollow of his tub, only his corseless head protruded from the liquid, among filaments of foam and bubbles, and hairs fallen out during shampooing that floated, scarcely visible, just below the surface."

A Window Onto Comic Tedium Sam Sacks 2011

Outside, it is a sharp, bright day and here in the Trough of Bowland, the light skims across the bare branches and seems to settle among the hills of the Hodder Valley.

Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' Laura Barton 2010

In recent media interviews, Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski suggested anew a long-debated idea: that the EU should raise additional taxes related to, for instance, greenhouse-gas emissions or air travel — much as it skims from customs duties.

EU States Seek Budget Cuts, in Theory Charles Forelle 2010

It isn't clear whether the court's ruling influenced the decisions in rural Giles County, which has a population of nearly 17,000 and skims the West Virginia border.

Commandments removed from Va. school system 2011

The intro continues using this definition as it broadly skims the evolution of American and British sf.

REVIEW: The Science Fiction Handbook by M. Keith Booker and Anne-Marie Thomas 2009