Thesaurus results for POUNCING (ON)

pouncing (on)

verb

present participle of pounce (on)

as in tackling

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Argentina was down one player in the final stretch after Enzo Fernandez was sent off with a red card after tackling Spain’s Pau Cubarsí, who was sent flying.

— Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
If your to-do list multiplies, protect one real break before tackling the task that frees the most mental space.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

Definition of tackling

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The suspect allegedly attempted to flee again by jumping fences and ignoring the officers’ commands to stop, but was apprehended and placed in custody.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
Their story is told in a nonlinear fashion, with the actors jumping between time frames throughout the nearly two-hour runtime.

— Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

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These are pictures of everyone competing at the tournament, wearing their nation’s kit, usually posing pretty seriously, but occasionally mugging for the camera.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 June 2026
Anticipating that someone might tip off TMZ about his presence at Disney World, the Republican Florida senator Rick Scott posted a photo of himself mugging for the camera there.

— Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026

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Before extra time, Argentina had managed 39 touches in the attacking third.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Hugging Face said that from its analysis, the AI agent attacking its systems seems to have acted entirely on its own, without any human initiating the attack or directing its progress.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of attacking

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The race partly revolved around the war in Gaza, with Lander assailing Goldman for not being critical enough of Israel.

— Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Rabb was propelled by a constellation of progressive groups, charting a path to victory partly by assailing his own party as listening more to donors than voters.

— CBS News, CBS News, 24 May 2026

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