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caroms

verb

present tense third-person singular of carom

as in rebounds

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

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Recent Examples of caroms Medical equipment caroms off the walls, bangs toward their father. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

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Rachel Banham contributed 11 points and four rebounds off the bench.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Short sellers betting against SpaceX are rapidly retreating from the trade, just as the newly public stock rebounds from its post-IPO slump.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

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Achord bounces on his toes like an impatient little kid watching his guys work, stomps his right foot on the ground and vaults his right arm forward to demonstrate how someone should return a kick.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
When an account doesn’t have enough money, the check bounces.

— Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026

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