as in bordered
to serve as a border for
long lashes rimmed his eyes
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Recent Examples of rimmed
His potential tying 3-pointer rimmed out, but Texas wasn’t done.
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Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
On Monday, Cooke took an inbounds pass with eight seconds left, moved to her left and missed a 12-foot jumper that rimmed in and out.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Butler’s last-second shot rimmed out.
—Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
In a rematch from the regular season finale, where Miami’s game-tying half-court heave rimmed out in a narrow loss to Louisville, the Hurricanes advanced in the dance and earned their sixth quad one win of the season (6-5).
—Hunter Bailey, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
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Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
On Monday, Cooke took an inbounds pass with eight seconds left, moved to her left and missed a 12-foot jumper that rimmed in and out.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Butler’s last-second shot rimmed out.
—Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
In a rematch from the regular season finale, where Miami’s game-tying half-court heave rimmed out in a narrow loss to Louisville, the Hurricanes advanced in the dance and earned their sixth quad one win of the season (6-5).
—Hunter Bailey, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rimmed
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The steps of the Met tonight resemble a mossy stone staircase bordered by lush hedge walls.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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Other students hid in locked classrooms, ran outside or holed up in homes in the neighborhoods that bordered the school.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
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The commission's website says the Sargasso Sea is a 2 million square mile open ocean ecosystem, bounded by the circulating currents of the North Atlantic Gyre, one of five sea gyres which are geographic rotating currents.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Its southern limit is largely bounded by Golden Triangle Boulevard east of Interstate 35W and Big Fossil Creek west of the interstate.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 May 2026
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“Rimmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimmed. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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