as in encircling
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as in bordering
to serve as a border for
long lashes rimmed his eyes
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Recent Examples of rimming
Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
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Where to Eat and Drink Most dining options are concentrated in small towns rimming the Dark Sky area, like Paisley, Lakeview, Christmas Valley, Burns, and Fields.
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The reversal of advances by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the eastern provinces of Hadramout and Mahra — bordering Saudi Arabia and Oman respectively — could help cool tensions between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.—
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Now that parking is no longer free within the park and meters have been installed on bordering streets like Sixth Avenue, many of those businesses have had to find parking garages and other solutions to employee parking.—
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The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive.—
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There might be nothing more adorable than the sight of a fluffy puppy or kitten bounding around the corner to surprise its new owner.—
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In the clip, Charlie can be seen bounding, burrowing and lounging blissfully in the winter powder while bundled up in a blue jacket.—
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Since then, the bustling market serves the surrounding and significant Latino community and others.—
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So mature, his conviction, his instincts, his fearlessness, and to give something which is so different yet so connecting.—
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So there's really no choice but for the four major conference commissioners to compile a set of rules and guidelines that make at least a marginal bit of sense.—
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The weather service’s Storm Prediction Center has placed much of Missouri, including the Kansas City metro, under a marginal risk of severe weather.—
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The system uses the infrared wavelength—invisible to the naked eye—as opposed to visible light to prevent the signals from interfering with the residual peripheral vision the subjects still have.—
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For players, the potential advantages include a much larger accessible library, the combination of local hardware, cloud, and PC options in a single device, and stronger peripheral and mod support typical of Windows.—
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From the pews, those gathered joined musicians, clapping and raising their hands in the air to begin the service.—
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So Garcia re-joined in tricky circumstances, and with a lot of expectation on his shoulders.—
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“Rimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimming. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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