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carom

verb

Definition of carom

as in to bounce

to strike and fly off at an angle a ball caromed off the wall

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Recent Examples of carom Neto led off the fifth with a towering triple to center field and scored on Trout’s homer a few feet above where Neto’s triple caromed. — Mark Gonzales, Oc Register, 17 June 2026 Jared Young preceded Ewing in the first with a run-scoring single and came around to score when Mike Yastrzemski's throw from left field following Ewing's double caromed off the pole holding up the netting behind the third base line. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 14 June 2026 The ball caromed high off the rim, and San Antonio’s Devin Vassell leapt to catch it. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026 The idea of expediting the common corporate meeting has been caroming around for a while in tech media. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for carom

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For pitchers bouncing between organizations, one rough outing can change the trajectory of an entire season, and that seems to have been the case with former Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Austin Voth.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Messi, while still a brilliant creator and ruthless in the final third, doesn’t have the legs to bounce on the break.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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Ogwumike finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, also moving past Candace Parker (3,467) into third on the WNBA’s career rebounds list with 3,472.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Only in recent years, thanks to auteurs like Nolan and Denis Villeneuve, has interest in the format begun to rebound, even if the format remains a niche experience.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 16 July 2026

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News of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s death ricocheted across the city, galvanizing protesters and triggering a gut-wrenching sense of deja vu for activists across the country.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 11 July 2026
Norway's keeper saved a long-range strike, but the ball ricocheted off him, and Bellingham rushed forward and slotted it into the net, his sixth goal of the tournament.

— Russell Lewis, NPR, 11 July 2026

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