as in bouncing
to strike and fly off at an angle
a ball caromed off the wall
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News of Bishop’s name in the squad was met with huge excitement and had Fratton Park bouncing at kick-off.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
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It’s designed with a foam insole that stores and returns your energy, bouncing you into your next step.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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The data showed petroleum consumption hit record highs just before the COVID-19 pandemic, then dropped, and later appeared to begin rebounding.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kuminga’s highlight reel Both Kerr and Kuminga have emphasized the fifth-year forward’s commitment to doing the little things, such as rebounding and hitting the open man.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
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As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Every red and blue photon gets sucked into a plant for photosynthesis, just the green ones ricocheting through the understory to form a kind of therapeutic light bath.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Caroming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caroming. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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