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Recent Examples of skimmer
For example, humans who stumble upon a black skimmer’s nest will hustle out of the area.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
The black skimmer, for example, is a black and white coastal bird with notable orange legs and orange-and-tan bills.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
The Odonata Survey has verified southern Wisconsin sightings of the golden wing skimmer and is in the process of verifying gray petaltail sightings, Jackson said.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2024
Including garden hoses, bird feeders, a robotic pool skimmer, and more.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
The black skimmer, for example, is a black and white coastal bird with notable orange legs and orange-and-tan bills.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
The Odonata Survey has verified southern Wisconsin sightings of the golden wing skimmer and is in the process of verifying gray petaltail sightings, Jackson said.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2024
Including garden hoses, bird feeders, a robotic pool skimmer, and more.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2024
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The airplane crew spotted the boy around 4 a.m. Thursday and directed a nearby good Samaritan boater to the location.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Two days later, the NPS said, a 71-year-old boater disappeared in the area of Lower Nankoweap Camp along the Colorado River.Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
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Using a slotted spoon, transfer meatballs to a plate and set aside.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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The rarest piece in the Museum set (Carney estimates that there may be four surviving in the world) is a porcelain salt spoon with a bowl the size of a hazelnut half and a handle that’s barely thicker than a toothpick.Anna Hezel, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2024
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From the Big Dipper, trace a line away from the handle through the two stars that form the top of the dipper’s bowl, and that will point at Capella.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
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How to Make Gourd Snakes Most snakes can climb a tree and slither from limb to limb with ease—especially ones made from long-neck dipper gourds.Beverly Rivers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
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The female fan had dressed up as Taylor's beau Travis Kelce for the concert in Indianapolis this weekend—complete with a helmet.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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An Irish startup company is working on a helmet with advanced scalp cooling technology to limit hair loss — potentially eliminating one drawback to chemotherapy.Daniel Wine, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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Stir back into Dutch oven. Garnish and serve: Divide pasta between bowls and ladle soup over top.Julia Levy, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024
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The floral and Greek-key pattern on the bowl and its 12 tiny cups were in excellent condition but discounted because the ladle and platter had been separated from the set—likely after too many trips to attics and basements.Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2024
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Nasrallah, who often invoked both God and guns with a distinctive lisp, wore a black turban signifying his descent from the Prophet Muhammad.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
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The turban is 100% mulberry silk and works wonders on any hair type or texture.Sarah Han, Allure, 23 Sep. 2024
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Newsletter Get the lowdown on L.A. politics Sign up for our L.A. City Hall newsletter to get weekly insights, scoops and analysis.Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Jack Hartung, Chipotle’s former CFO and now president of strategy, finance, and supply chain, told Bloomberg in July that every customer would be guaranteed two substantial scoops of rice and four ounces of meat.Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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Configuration Options: Build Your Perfect iMac The only crucial changes to the iMac from previous models are under the hood, with a new M4 processor available in two versions, one with eight CPU and eight GPU cores, and one with 10 of each.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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But there are some concerns with Fitzgerald under the hood, namely in his strikeout rate (31.7%) and below-average exit velocity (22nd percentile).Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Skimmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimmer. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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