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Recent Examples of carom
There were airballs, clanks off the rim, caroms off the glass, shots that rattled around and fell out.
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The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The Sentra caromed into the taxi, climbed up its hood, and came to rest.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
And then the lowlights began — dunks that died at the rim, slipped from his grip to ricochet off the backboard, caromed off the iron to fly skyward.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Secondly, misses from deep typically carom farther from the basket, giving the smaller, quicker Grizzlies a better chance at offensive rebounds.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The Sentra caromed into the taxi, climbed up its hood, and came to rest.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
And then the lowlights began — dunks that died at the rim, slipped from his grip to ricochet off the backboard, caromed off the iron to fly skyward.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Secondly, misses from deep typically carom farther from the basket, giving the smaller, quicker Grizzlies a better chance at offensive rebounds.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carom
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Not only are the Cavs on the verge of being bounced out of the second round in five games for the second year in a row, but, depending on how the MRI goes Monday, Mitchell could be in street clothes for Cleveland’s last game for the second consecutive season.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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The program has been bounced from the second round in 2021, 2023 and now 2025.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
11 May 2025
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The Liberals, who had trailed badly in the polls as recently as January, rebounded to win Monday's election.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet rebounds to No. 2, followed by Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us at No. 3, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft at No. 4 and Tate McRae’s So Close To What at No. 5.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
2 May 2025
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The ball ricocheted out to the penalty spot into the path of Agada, who had a wide open goal but blazed the shot over the crossbar.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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Your tears might ricochet with the upset in year-over-year comparisons, but additional outlooks on travel for 2025 show that, while flexible travel may continue to change, other trends forecast a strong year ahead for the hospitality industry.—
Adam Deflorian,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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