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Recent Examples of pounce
Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
This line is quite tense, like the curve of a longbow or the muscles of a big cat waiting to pounce.
—Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
At the same time, the Pacers need to play with hyper-attention to detail for 48 minutes against a Thunder team that will relentlessly pounce on any hint of laziness.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 18 June 2025
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Noun
But the moment Golden State lets go of the rope, Minnesota pounces.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
This line is quite tense, like the curve of a longbow or the muscles of a big cat waiting to pounce.
—Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Verb
The group then pounced on Marshall, delivering him a beatdown with an onslaught of kicks while another person appeared to strike him repeatedly with a stick.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
At the same time, the Pacers need to play with hyper-attention to detail for 48 minutes against a Thunder team that will relentlessly pounce on any hint of laziness.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pounce
Noun
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From 21 March on, the gang launched attacks against several areas in the communes of Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite and Marchand Dessalines.—
Jacqueline Charles
July 11,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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In one attack in late January, Russian drones hit an apartment complex in an overnight attack, killing nine people and injuring 13.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Inevitably, the moment that Margarita spies a hobby horsing class cavorting around a room in the local middle school will likely have a profound effect on the film’s audience.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
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In a space formerly occupied by the finance ministry, a towering glass ceiling shelters statues that once cavorted in open courtyards.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Strasburg won a franchise-record 14 straight decisions and is the first NL starter to begin a season 11-0 since San Diego’s Andy Hawkins in 1985. 2016 — Wilmer Flores went 6 for 6 with two of New York’s five home runs, and the Mets romped to a 14-3 win and a four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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For most pet parents, design choices meant to accommodate their furry (or feathered, or scaled) friends are relatively simple ones: choosing performance materials that can withstand chewing, clawing and general-purpose romping, and color palettes that camouflage fur.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2025
Verb
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My pit bull Marcel cowered on the couch during the cold while the fluffier newsroom hounds frolicked in the snow.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Well, not quite, but Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin still frolicked on set during the show's recurring View Your Deal merchandising segment.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
Verb
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An escaped pet zebra that went on the lam in Tennessee was captured Sunday after gamboling in the forest for more than a week.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Pounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounce. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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