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Recent Examples of pounce
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
An American eagle, talons out to pounce on prey, compellingly highlights the contributions of Native Americans.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Feb. 2025
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Upon seeing these figures, analysts, experts and pretty much anyone with access to Semrush or Ahrefs pounced and published their take on how HubSpot had managed to sink so low.
—Lis Anderson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Noun
Her beauty was cold, vicious, like a leopard waiting to pounce.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
An American eagle, talons out to pounce on prey, compellingly highlights the contributions of Native Americans.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
Now, Eovaldi only pumped 94 on that upper-middle offering, but Vivas pounced on it.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Upon seeing these figures, analysts, experts and pretty much anyone with access to Semrush or Ahrefs pounced and published their take on how HubSpot had managed to sink so low.
—Lis Anderson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pounce
Noun
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Try supplements: Certain supplements, such as Riboflavin and CoQ10, can help reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.—
Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
6 June 2025
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The decision came just days after an Egyptian man in Colorado was arrested and charged with carrying out an attack on a group honoring hostages being held in Gaza.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
Verb
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In addition to a bounty of vegetables, fruits, flowers and interactive learning activities, there to meet them were cavorting goats, buzzing bees, beneficial garden creatures such as pill bugs and worms, and Howie the miniature Scottish Highland Cross steer who loves attention and animal crackers.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Similar fears haunted Europeans and British Americans during the early modern period; one need only consult the witchcraft paintings of Francisco Goya, which show covens of half-naked women killing babies, eating people, and cavorting with the Devil.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
Verb
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UConn most recently played in Boston during its 2024 national championship run, romping San Diego State and Illinois in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds to punch its ticket to Phoenix.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2025
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Yet despite the lopsided scoreline – Nadal romped to a 6-1, 6-2 victory on the Madrid clay – Moyá was also impressed by the young Spaniard on the other side of the net.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
Verb
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At the Christmas party, all the gals (minus Taylor) are frolicking around in their best black-tie-optional, cheers-ing to another year of surviving MomTok, and eating meatballs.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Nearly a hundred shiny black calves are frolicking in the pastures, including twin bulls (birthweight of 72 pounds each) whose mother is completely unruffled by this unusual occurrence and its maternal responsibilities.—
Susan Koch,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2025
Verb
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The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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All the dancers make their way inside eventually, with the elderly Bolger doing his best to gambol along with them.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Pounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounce. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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