Thesaurus results for RICOCHETED

ricocheted

verb

variants also ricochetted

past tense of ricochet

as in bounced

to strike and fly off at an angle the ball ricocheted off the fielder's glove and went over the fence for a home run

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Recent Examples of ricocheted Clips of his exchanges with Hegseth and other officials have ricocheted across social media, introducing a wider audience to a lawmaker long better known inside the Pentagon than outside it. —

Nik Popli, Time, 8 June 2026 Song opened with a walk, stole second and scored when Tatis' grounder up the middle ricocheted off second base into shallow right field for an RBI single. —

CBS News, 7 June 2026 Song opened with a walk, stole second and scored when Tatis’ grounder up the middle ricocheted off second base into shallow right field for an RBI single. —

ABC News, 7 June 2026 Neto’s replacement, Nick Madrigal, left in the top of the ninth inning after Andrew Wantz’s pitch ricocheted from Madrigal’s hand to his face. —

Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 An inswinging corner from Boise ricocheted off a Sarasota defender and past Sutton, but the loose ball was cleared off the line by a Paradise defender. —

Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026 Twice in the first half, a shot ricocheted off the backboard before bouncing between the legs of a Sky defender and into the hands of the Tempo. —

Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026 The Land Rover ricocheted off the Rogue and struck a 2015 Nissan NV200, which was launched backward and came to a stop in the southbound lanes, BSO said. —

Sofia Saric may 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026 The puck ricocheted off Hanifin’s shin pad and harmlessly wide. —

Jesse Granger, New York Times, 23 May 2026

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Finally, with two out in the fourth inning, Gabriel Moreno bounced a double up the right-field line for the Diamondbacks’ first hit of the game.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Corbin Carroll bounced Ohtani’s next pitch to second baseman Alex Freeland, who started a 4-6-3 double play, Mookie Betts’ throw just beating the speedy Carroll to first base.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 June 2026