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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The Countryside neighborhood is bordered by Folsom Boulevard to the north, Routier Road to the west and Mather Field Road to the east.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Would there be community support to change zoning to encourage more residential and mixed-use development in the 19 acres up against the 57 Freeway, bordered by Orangethorpe, Placentia and Crowther avenues?—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
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Like all black holes, primordial black holes have mass and thus interact with gravity and are effectively invisible due to the fact that they are bounded by a light-trapping surface called an event horizon.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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The area is bounded by the Interstate 485/Providence Road interchange and extends south to the South Carolina state line.—
Chase Jordan
April 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Rimmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimmed. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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