How to Use the Pacific Rim in a Sentence

the Pacific Rim

noun
  • Views of the total phase of this eclipse favor locations near and around the Pacific Rim.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The event is likely to serve as a reminder for ongoing earthquake preparedness initiatives in Alaska and across the Pacific Rim.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • There’s marigold and chamomile for their significance in Mexican culture, and the hibiscus flower, which has a long history across the Pacific Rim, tracing a lot of the places that ended up with chamoy and sour plums.
    — Stephanie Shih june 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • No starting pitcher on the Astros’ roster is making more money than Imai, who is supposed to announce this franchise’s arrival in the Pacific Rim, while slotting somewhere in the middle of its starting rotation.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • As the Diamondbacks' director of the Pacific Rim, Marshall was the team's ambassador to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Australia.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Since kicking off in spring 2023, the M72 World Tour has drawn more than 4 million fans across Europe, North America, the Pacific Rim and the Middle East.
    — Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
  • One of the original fusion foods, Hawaiian cuisine combines ingredients and cooking methods from all around the Pacific Rim including Polynesia, Japan, the Philippines, and mainland USA.
    — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Metallica’s three-year running M72 world tour has played to more than four million fans across Europe, North America, the Pacific Rim and the Middle East since its April 27 kick-off in Amsterdam.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Almost a decade later, a now defunct Wickaninnish Inn on land that was part of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve was established by Robin Fells and Geoff Crawford, but closed its doors in 1977.
    — Jennie Nunn, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Gavin, who previously worked at the Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School in Hyde Park and the Brookline Public Schools, also engaged in sexualized conversations while teaching in class.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026

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