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Recent Examples of carom
The ball caromed toward Hayes, who barehanded it and threw out the speedy Teodosio at first.
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Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2025
Cronenworth’s line drive caromed off second base and catapulted over Adames’ head.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
But the Mets received a huge break when Juan Soto’s ground ball up the middle clipped Lucchesi’s leg and caromed away from Adames for an RBI single.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
Blue Jackets forward James van Riemsdyk had his wrist shot from the left circle carom off the crossbar with 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the first period.
—Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2025
Cronenworth’s line drive caromed off second base and catapulted over Adames’ head.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
But the Mets received a huge break when Juan Soto’s ground ball up the middle clipped Lucchesi’s leg and caromed away from Adames for an RBI single.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
Blue Jackets forward James van Riemsdyk had his wrist shot from the left circle carom off the crossbar with 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the first period.
—Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carom
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The museum was founded in 1962 on Balboa Island, and bounced among several locations over the decades.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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This is an excellent day to think about future goals or bounce your ideas off someone to get their feedback.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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This sport is littered with clubs that have hit their nadirs and rebounded all within the timeframe of the Angels’ last winning record, the Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, Arizona Diamondbacks and many more.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Freeport-McMoRan is likely to rebound from an environmental disaster last month at its giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia that led the copper and gold producer to cut its production estimates, according to UBS.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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News of the case ricocheted among Latin America experts working in the White House, Capitol Hill and think tanks.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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The balls ricocheted at all angles, testing Edelman’s hand-eye coordination and reaction time.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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