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Definition of pounce

as in attack

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Stewart pounces on his first pitch, launching an emphatic Grand Slam to right field to give Texas State the lead. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026 The reasoning — defensive-minded head coach, pounce on an ascending quarterback and build through draft — offer the Miami Dolphins a pathway out of obscurity. — Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026

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Adding to that sense of inherent agility and the seeming ability to pounce are the standard 21-inch wheels fit with iron brakes, though carbon-ceramic stoppers are also an option. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026 Herbert had to pounce on the loose ball and the threat was thwarted. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pounce

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Marshall's campaign, for its part, bet heavily on an attack ad surrounding claims that Hamilton protected a pedophile.

— Grace Hills, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
In the Dnipro area, rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble Tuesday morning, after a Russian attack killed one person and wounded 17, local authorities said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

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Verb

When Oscar halfheartedly tries to throw a ball into one of the set’s prop cubes and improbably makes the shot, the whole set goes joyously nuts, with the performers leaping up to embrace him and cavort around him.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
There’s also less of the eccentric charm that’s to be found in Wenders’ other docs, like the bits in Pina where the dancers cavort around in scruffy parts of Wuppertal where their home Dance Theater is based.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of cavort

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The playground, called The Yard, resembles a junkyard where kids are given free rein to saw plywood by hand, romp in mud pits, and nail together structures to climb and jump from.

— Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026
But Waititi, who wrote and directed the film, forgoes any attempt to capture the book’s existential depth, offering a manic, lighthearted robot romp instead.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of romp

Verb

Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
The foundation's dogs typically eat about 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of dry food each year and spend their summers gamboling in the remnants of snow in the mountains before heading 40 kilometers (25 miles) down winding roads back to the kennel in Barryland.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026

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