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pounced (on)

verb

past tense of pounce (on)

as in jumped

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The 10-year yield has jumped a full percentage point since right before the Iran war started in late February and a half point in the past two months alone.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
In fact, the Royals jumped out to a 4-0 lead behind Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026

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Omar’s security officers quickly tackled Kazmierczak to the ground, then took him to police officers who placed him under arrest.

— Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Delane injured his shoulder while being tackled on the interception, an ailment that cost him time in training camp.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

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Six of the gunmen were killed, according to police, who said one suicide bomber attacked the nearby office of an intelligence agency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
When a wealthy, royal woman is attacked by bandits, the two men save her and are welcomed to the castle as valiant knights.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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And, for extra-cheap laffs, these animals routinely mugged to the camera about how awful their lives were at the hands of the humans misusing them.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Stuff like Caitlin Clark getting mugged with no foul being called, or Sophie Cunningham pointing at some obnoxious player, or ESPN drooling over a coach wearing a pro-trans shirt.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Kalshi and Polymarket, which have been assailed by critics for encouraging financial risk taking by making betting more accessible, are now using the promise of free groceries to win over New Yorkers.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
And yet 20 years ago, the haka’s future was in doubt — assailed by protests from rival teams that New Zealand gained an unfair advantage from performing it as the final action before kick-off in a Test match.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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