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Recent Examples of carom
Medical equipment caroms off the walls, bangs toward their father.
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Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
The ball caromed off the low fence down the left field line.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Pulverized, the iron core likely caromed off the moon after initially digging deep into the lunar mantle and scattering traces of magnetized terrain across the south pole.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
In the second, Kyle Tucker pulled a ground ball that caromed off first base for a double, took third when Dalton Rushing beat out a two-out infield single and scored when McCullers bounced a changeup that Salazar could not block.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
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Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
The ball caromed off the low fence down the left field line.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Pulverized, the iron core likely caromed off the moon after initially digging deep into the lunar mantle and scattering traces of magnetized terrain across the south pole.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
In the second, Kyle Tucker pulled a ground ball that caromed off first base for a double, took third when Dalton Rushing beat out a two-out infield single and scored when McCullers bounced a changeup that Salazar could not block.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
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Finally, with two out in the fourth inning, Gabriel Moreno bounced a double up the right-field line for the Diamondbacks’ first hit of the game.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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During extra time English striker Geoff Hurst unleashed a shot that hit the underside of the crossbar, bounced onto (or just behind, depending on your perspective) the goal line, and was cleared.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
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As those expectations reset and the market got more comfortable that the theses were unchanged, both stocks and the broader AI group rebounded some from their earlier lows, pushing the S & P 500 firmly into the green.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Can Carolina rebound and tie the series before it shifts to Las Vegas?—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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Neto’s replacement, Nick Madrigal, left in the top of the ninth inning after Andrew Wantz’s pitch ricocheted from Madrigal’s hand to his face.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Neto’s replacement, Nick Madrigal, left in the top of the ninth after Andrew Wantz’s pitch ricocheted from Madrigal’s hand to his face.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 May 2026
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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