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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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bounced
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Atlanta snuck into the postseason before getting bounced in the Wild Card round.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025 -
He’s bounced between first base and catcher in the minors and also played a bit of second base.—
Aaron Gleeman,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Glanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glanced. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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