PIM
Americanplural
PIMs, PIM'sExample Sentences
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He was “fortunate” in the timing of the Dutch translation, which “followed closely upon two political murders, that of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh, the first such murders there since the assassination of William the Silent in 1584.”
Why it’s vital: Implied in Pim and Charlie’s ongoing missions is that the world brims with lost causes who long succumbed to malformed perceptions of manliness, but a bright outlook and spot-on joke delivery can make enduring life with these lost souls more bearable.
From Salon
Nazaré was temporarily housed at Porto Pim aquarium in Portugal, before the release back into the wild this month.
From BBC
During fieldwork in 2017, Pim Kaskes, a geologist at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and an author of the new research, collected some fine-grained samples from a geological formation in North Dakota known as Tanis, which yielded a treasure trove of fossils.
From New York Times
What elevates “Endless Flight,” beyond the pathos of its narrative, is Pim’s discussion of Roth’s writing.
From Washington Post
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