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• v  travel on the surface of water
• v  move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
• v  examine hastily
• v  cause to skip over a surface
• v  coat (a liquid) with a layer
• v  remove from the surface
• v  read superficially
• s  used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
  she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter

• In March, the commission started buying up butter and skimmed milk, raising the specter of new butter mountains.
• They also can't go after the drug trade that funds the insurgency, in part because some of the proceeds are also skimmed by the friends, officials and perhaps family members of the .
• He died in 2001, after having moved back to New York City and publishing five books that only skimmed the surface of his collection of 40,000 negatives.

• plane
• skim
• skim over
• scan
• rake
• glance over
• run down
• skip
• skitter
• skim off
• cream off
• cream

News & Articles

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• TraDesto Forex Trading Platform Launches as Alternative to Hefty Brokerage Profit Skimming
  Forex traders who are tired of having their profits skimmed by their brokers have a new trading platform at their disposal. A recently published FX Exposed report explains what makes the new TraDesto social trading model so different. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Tradesto/Launch/prweb10828027.htm
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Wesley Sneijder in Washington Post
  If it goes in via the goalkeeper it is given to the shooter. This one just skimmed his head and went in,said Sneijder, who still won man of the match honors. "It's not important though. The important thing is that we won."
• Barack Obama in International Herald Tribune
  In Iraq, too much money has been paid out for services that were never performed, buildings that were never completed, companies that skimmed off the top,Obama said. "At home, too many contractors have been allowed to get away with delay...
• Tim Lincecum in The Associated Press
  It just skimmed my shoulder,Lincecum said. "I didn't see the ball coming back at me. It was hit pretty well and it just kind of ricocheted off me. I was more shocked than anything. I really didn't know what to do so I kind of just sat...