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as in bounced
to strike and fly off at an angle
the basketball glanced off the rim her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout
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as in peeked
to take a quick or hasty look
just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there
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as in gleamed
to shoot forth bursts of light
diamonds glancing in the display case
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Recent Examples of glanced
McDavid’s only goal was a somewhat fluky power-play tally that glanced off defenseman Pavel Mintyukov’s stick.
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
With the Mets playing their infield in, Johnston's sharp grounder in the seventh glanced off second baseman Marcus Semien's glove for a two-run single.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The photo, taken at Balmoral Castle in 2015, showed a young George holding hands with his father while a baby Charlotte, held by her mother, glanced at her great-grandparents as the Queen smiled back at her.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Josh Whitman glanced at his phone for a moment Saturday night amid all of the hugging, celebrating and reflecting on Illinois’ 71-59 win over Iowa in the Elite Eight.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Mullins glanced up and saw two seconds on the clock, but time froze, the world stopped.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
Martha and the Dutch boy glanced at each other again and blushed.
—Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Weisswange glanced around at the machines on either side of us, all of them waiting for repairs, their tracks unchained and gun barrels angled upward.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
The 40-year-old veteran soared higher than Wales goalkeeper Karl Darlow and glanced his header into the unguarded goal.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
With the Mets playing their infield in, Johnston's sharp grounder in the seventh glanced off second baseman Marcus Semien's glove for a two-run single.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The photo, taken at Balmoral Castle in 2015, showed a young George holding hands with his father while a baby Charlotte, held by her mother, glanced at her great-grandparents as the Queen smiled back at her.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Josh Whitman glanced at his phone for a moment Saturday night amid all of the hugging, celebrating and reflecting on Illinois’ 71-59 win over Iowa in the Elite Eight.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Mullins glanced up and saw two seconds on the clock, but time froze, the world stopped.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
Martha and the Dutch boy glanced at each other again and blushed.
—Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Weisswange glanced around at the machines on either side of us, all of them waiting for repairs, their tracks unchained and gun barrels angled upward.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
The 40-year-old veteran soared higher than Wales goalkeeper Karl Darlow and glanced his header into the unguarded goal.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glanced
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The ball bounced behind him to Taylor Walls, but the Rays shortstop couldn’t field it cleanly, either, allowing Story to break for home and beat the throw.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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Junior third baseman Julianna Kouba bounced a two-run single through the right side of the infield in the top of the seventh to account for the winning margin for the North Stars.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The door opened, and the man of the evening peeked out from the passenger’s seat.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Every single item fit easily into the bag’s zippered interior except for my laptop, which peeked out of the top.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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The dining room was dark, save for the tantalizing buffet station, which gleamed like the full moon over the cloudless Aegean.—
Adam Dalva,
Longreads,
29 Apr. 2026
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Its façade was covered with white tiles that gleamed in the morning light.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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As the unstable crater collapsed inward, part of the basin rebounded unevenly, raising sections of the interior higher than others.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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The 21-year-old left-hander rebounded from two sup-par starts to spin five shutout innings in high Single-A Fort Wayne’s 1-0 win over visiting Beloit.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Corona del Mar’s Sofia Szymanowski flashed her improvement in the 100 breaststroke.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Over the past few weeks, Rushing flashed a similar edge, an emerging personality, at age 25.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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Beaded coats glinted with star-chart embroidery.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
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In 2023, astronomers reported that some of these satellites were already photobombing images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, as sunlight glinted off their surfaces leaving bright trails that erase, obscure or mimic genuine cosmic signals.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
12 Dec. 2025
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While his phone screen shimmered with suggestions, our teensy tree perished alone on the patio.—
Jamie Siebrase,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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Through the windows, the water shimmered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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“Glanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glanced. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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