skimmer

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Recent Examples of skimmer One surprisingly effective trick is tossing a tennis ball into your skimmer. Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 1 May 2026 The enforcement effort also included educating business owners on how to spot a skimmer. J.d. Miles, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 Younger son Happy is, as his nickname suggests, one of life’s surface skimmers, mimicking dad’s professional blueprint but with zero conviction and dedication. Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026 Traditional robotic cleaners typically ignore this layer, leaving owners to remove debris manually with skimmer nets. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skimmer
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Noun
  • Both Levine Cava and Fernandez hope efforts of the task force could push the Legislature to mandate more boater education requirements.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • And in this legal climate, where the wealthy can maintain their grip on the beds of our common waters, what’s an ordinary boater or fly chucker to do?
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Use your finger to draw a line across the back of your spoon.
    Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
  • The pair of anglers also use Little Cleo spoons in blue with red dots.
    Tom Opre, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Things hit a boiling point when Contreras leaped into the air and hurled his batting helmet directly at Cavalli.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • The new looks provides up to 12 combinations for game day gear — with gold or white tops, and options for gold, white or black pants, along with gold or white helmets.
    AJC Sports, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • There are plenty of ways to love carrots, whether as crisp dippers with your favorite vegetable dip, shredded in carrot salad, or as a sweetener in carrot cake.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
  • Serve with dippers such as pita bread, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, and/or and celery.
    Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • The caskets of his family members sat beneath Khamenei’s, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
    Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • Television footage showed his coffin draped with the Iranian flag and topped with his black turban.
    Reuters, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Can't wait to grab me a ladle and dig into a nice bowl of rum punch this weekend.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • While technically designed for spoons, these savvy kitchen accessories earn their keep with salad tongs, soup ladles, and other tools that need a place to land mid-recipe.
    Mina Dragani, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • And the surviving cartel scoundrels take the parting shot by kidnapping beloved Carter, putting a hood on him and taking the boy off.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • At least a hundred people witnessed the caning, carried out by a group of people wearing robes and hoods on a stage in Bustanussalatin City Park in Banda Aceh.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • It’s truly best served warm with a fat scoop of vanilla ice cream melting over the top.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
  • Democrats are asking The fallout from STAT reporter Lizzy Lawrence’s scoop continues.
    O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 26 June 2026

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“Skimmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimmer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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