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skimmers

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plural of skimmer

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Australia’s strength in depth was emphasised by the four wickets being shared by four bowlers, with opening bowler Kim Garth the pick of them with one for 20 from four overs.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 July 2026

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Forks and spoons, tables and chairs, tea-pots and entire houses—books too—were all to be designed towards both practicality and beauty.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Fishing for striped bass near this kind of structure can be productive in the summer and fall, sometimes by employing vertical jigging with hefty spoons or soft plastics to entice fish patrolling the bottom.

— Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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Perovskites, meanwhile, offer the possibility of lightweight and potentially flexible solar layers that could conform to roofs, hoods and other body panels.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
In surveillance video provided by police, two young men wearing hoodies, with their hoods up, and surgical-style face masks, are seen quickly ambling down the sidewalk.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

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Stir constantly, adding small ladles of the cooking water, spoonfuls of creme fraiche, and perhaps more lemon zest, until the sauce emulsifies and thickens.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
While technically designed for spoons, these savvy kitchen accessories earn their keep with salad tongs, soup ladles, and other tools that need a place to land mid-recipe.

— Mina Dragani, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026

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Ditsy floral quilt toppers add a sentimental anchor to bedrooms, while vintage pieces threaded throughout the rest of the property have been lovingly sourced by the experts at New York’s The Somerset House.

— Dipal Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Losing, again In the same way that winning becomes a habit for table-toppers, losing becomes second nature for teams struggling towards the bottom of the Premier League.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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Sign up for our twice-weekly newsletter for the latest scoops and insider news straight from the editors at AD.

— Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 25 Aug. 2026
Devers has accumulated minus-7 Outs Above Average (OAA) on receiving and scoops at first base, according to new data released this week by Statcast.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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