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Recent Examples of carom
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.
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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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
Verb
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Despite bouncing between Triple-A Omaha and the majors, Bowlan has consistently put together scoreless innings.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The legal battle over foreign aid has been long and complicated, bouncing to the Supreme Court and back over the last six months.—
Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The publisher has rebounded from its mid-2010s struggles.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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But unlike in his last start in Cincinnati, Tong couldn’t rebound from the early adversity.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Trailing by three runs going into the bottom of the ninth, the Giants brought the tying run to the plate when Matt Chapman drew a leadoff walk, then Casey Schmitt hit a one-out double that ricocheted off third base and into left field.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Wheatley mixes the constant sounds of gunfire and dynamite extremely loud in the mix, accentuating their impact by having bodies fly across rooms and ricochet off of walls after being blasted with ammunition the length and thickness of a soda can.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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