… shim is just a barren, ovaryless freak of nature who maintains a dominatrix-to-trick relationship …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Murtha on Haditha: ‘I Know There Was a Cover-up … The Chain of Command Tried to Stifle the Story’] Reference
The sky above was a pearl gray with a strange kind of shim - mer that he put down to the aftereffects of the storm. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]
But I wasn't discouraged, just fascinated, for in my office I looked up the word "shim" and saw that I had been mistaken. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
One of the possible things it could be is a piece of a shim which is used to space out between those heat-protective tiles in the hangar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2006] Reference
He assured the council that Red Diamond will correct the problem by what Gillis terms "shim" paving. From Wordnik.com. [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference
Toyota is in the process of fixing the fault by either replacing the pedal completely or by adding in a metal "shim". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
I then put some heat sink compound on both the cpu and gpu, put the metal "shim" on the gpu and tightened down the heat sink. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root]
Inside the gaps are rectangular magnetic blocks that can be displaced radially to mechanically adjust ( "shim") the magnetic field. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
What other state can get away with this shim-sham?. From Wordnik.com. [Beverly Davis: Serious Politics Smothered in BBQ Sauce] Reference
A shim kit enables you to adjust the drop and cast. From Wordnik.com. [Benelli SuperNova] Reference
He saw a length of rippling snow, a shim - rhering movement. From Wordnik.com. [Flint the King]
Now, authorities questioned shim yesterday, but released him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2008] Reference
The curtain was there, shim - mering more strongly than before. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
With scope set up, its high, so gonna shim the rear ring a tad. From Wordnik.com. [To Hoard or Not to Hoard] Reference
Translucent considered, and there was a faint shim - mer about him. From Wordnik.com. [Robot Adept]
I don't have any pictures, but I brought a piece of shim stock with me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2006] Reference
The single clear note of a trumpet sounded on the heat-shimÂmering air. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
One of them had a metal shim in his hand that he had spent hours in shaping. From Wordnik.com. [Moosburg Online: Stalag VII A (Oral history: Garrett)] Reference
Did watching "Chicago" shim-sham off with the best-picture Oscar inspire you?. From Wordnik.com. [And All That Jazz] Reference
His reflection stirred and shim - mered in the light of the newly risen moon. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]
In the thick of these issues is Yesim (YEH-shim), Turkey's largest apparel employer. From Wordnik.com. [John Tepper Marlin: Turkey's Economic Straddle] Reference
I hang mine about 5 feet up and shim the top slighty so it aims downward just a bit. From Wordnik.com. [got me a new game camera! Cuddeback Capture. How high off the ground do i put the camera?] Reference
Dealers will install a metal shim in the clock-spring wiring connector free of charge. From Wordnik.com. [Recalls: Chrysler, Dodge--steering, Volvo--air bags] Reference
One of the leading candidates at one point was this plastic piece -- it's called shim. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2006] Reference
"I shall be a fish," Flach cried, running toward the shim - mering margin of the isle. From Wordnik.com. [Unicorn Point]
And Mrs. Schneebaum, who was Polish, heard EIza chanting 'Osh-vee-en-shim' and freaked. From Wordnik.com. [the secret sense]
Or top each joist with a quarter-inch-thick shim strip ripped from pressure-treated wood. From Wordnik.com. [Replacing deck boards: The quarter-inch conundrum] Reference
Without the shim, the platform would be unstable, rocking every time he shifted his weight. From Wordnik.com. [Unfit - IV] Reference
And then, after Marlene made the word "hi," Keola added two more letters and created "shim.". From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
One thing I would say ... if it's shim valves, make sure you use the absolute best/hardest you can. From Wordnik.com. [Any one adjusted the valves on their atv's.] Reference
This short video illustrates a simple procedure for forcing open standard padlocks with a shim snipped out of a tin can. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
In that event, you have to get to the backside of the stairs, using a wood shim to fill the gaps between the stair tread and riser. From Wordnik.com. [Tighten floorboards to quiet aging home] Reference
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