as in bordering
to serve as a border for
long lashes rimmed his eyes
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rimming
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Ceylon Tea Trails are a series of bungalow’s tucked into Sri Lanka’s tea region bordering the Central Highlands UNESCO World Heritage site.—
Alissa Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Forests neighboring beloved places like the Appalachian Trail, Lake Tahoe, and the White Mountains as well as those bordering Rocky Mountain, Glacier, Olympic and Yellowstone national parks, will all be opened to development.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The state has yet to provide any contemporary evidence of doubt that this crosswalk — on the road bounding the southern edge of the Pulse property — was a fitting part of the memorial.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Neither do the police, nor the Ring cameras affixed to the facades on several neighborhood homes, though at least the latter capture footage of kids bounding through their front doors, arms splayed like wings, into early morning’s opaque embrace.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the total lump sum is also subject to a federal marginal tax rate of up to 37%.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The damage being done to Chinese refiners via punitive tariffs for doing business with Venezuela would not be worth marginal gains.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite iffy peripheral stats, the bullpen has been better since the trade deadline.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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While an opioid would’ve been an easy choice, a doctor performed a nerve block instead, numbing the peripheral areas of pain rather than sedating the brain.—
Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The brain is surrounded by a layer of tightly joined cells, called the blood-brain barrier, that acts as a bouncer turning away any substances deemed unworthy of accessing our most precious resource.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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More joined after the sixth, which Sánchez ended with a swinging strikeout of Jorge Polanco.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Rimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimming. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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