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Recent Examples of pounce
Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Now Percy is back to pounce on a new Predator project arriving in April of 2025 that brings together the fierce Yautja warrior with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man for a cross-species, webslinging showdown amid the skyscrapers of New York.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Phil Rogers, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
After Alexander Wennberg’s shot from the point went wide of the net, Thompson pounced on the loose puck and fired a shot from near the faceoff dot that got past Leafs goalie Anthony Stolarz at the 2:23 mark of the third period.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Noun
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—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Now Percy is back to pounce on a new Predator project arriving in April of 2025 that brings together the fierce Yautja warrior with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man for a cross-species, webslinging showdown amid the skyscrapers of New York.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
Bears general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Ben Johnson pounced, giving up a fourth-round pick in 2026 while taking on the final season of Thuney’s contract.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
After Alexander Wennberg’s shot from the point went wide of the net, Thompson pounced on the loose puck and fired a shot from near the faceoff dot that got past Leafs goalie Anthony Stolarz at the 2:23 mark of the third period.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pounce
Noun
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The attack starts with hackers uploading what looks like a harmless extension to the Chrome Web Store.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Many of the attacks on Tesla cars and dealerships are allegedly in protest of Elon Musk‘s efforts to cut waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government through pressure from the Department of Government Efficiency.—
Heather Hunter,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Obviously, the White Lotus team gets a beautiful, exotic hotel for its guests to cavort around.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Or just pay close attention to the time-lapse footage of emerging cicadas or the cavorting manatees or the Darwin’s rhea, a South American ostrich that happens to be from one of the few species in the documentary that let males raise their kids.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Laporte made 13 appearances that season, playing the full 90 minutes in almost all of them as City romped to the Premier League title.—
Steve Price,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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These four simple words will replay in your head for weeks, accompanied by the image of Aaron Pierre romping down the hallway.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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An early video from Honduras feels like a tourist-board commercial, with Bishop and followers frolicking in the river.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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At the Bronx Zoo in New York City, snow leopards and bears enjoyed frolicking in the flurries Tuesday.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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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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The new brand’s packaging and visual identity – created by Mexican artist Francisco Herrera and featuring a winged spider monkey — evokes Kahlo’s exotic style, as well as her love of these monkeys, which once gamboled around her garden.—
Joan Oleck,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Pounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounce. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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