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Recent Examples of carom
With two outs in the inning Jake Burger hit an RBI double down the left field line, which caromed weirdly off the wall away from Jarren Duran and allowed Pederson to score from first.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Any of the teams can win, if its goaltender is hot and if the puck caroms out to the right stick at the right time.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
With a runner aboard and two outs, Josh Naylor smashed a 105-mph line drive off Kikuchi’s left shoulder, the ball caroming into center field for a single.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
But that caromed to Panthers center and NHL record playoff road run Sam Bennett.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Any of the teams can win, if its goaltender is hot and if the puck caroms out to the right stick at the right time.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
With a runner aboard and two outs, Josh Naylor smashed a 105-mph line drive off Kikuchi’s left shoulder, the ball caroming into center field for a single.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
But that caromed to Panthers center and NHL record playoff road run Sam Bennett.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carom
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The challenge properly starts the next day, and basically immediately, the contestants who aren’t Jesus and Antonio start complaining about Jesus and Antonio, who are essentially working together at the same table, bouncing ideas off each other and swapping construction techniques.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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Long wait times, endless tests and bouncing from one specialist to another while relaying the same lengthy medical history over and over.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Private jet flying, as tracked by ARGUS and WingX, has rebounded after two years of slight declines and is approaching the record levels seen in 2022.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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While tribal casinos throughout the U.S. have rebounded since the pandemic and are reporting their largest revenues ever, advocates are stressing the need for tribes to diversify their income.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Dončić shot once — an improbable trick shot, and the ball ricocheted off the top of the hoop.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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The slim total ricocheted through social media and caused many to wonder whether Washington had secretly liquidated more than 80% of its bitcoin stockpile.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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