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also ricochetted
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
The threads One exhibit took place in Doug Aitken's industrial art studio, where strings of light ricocheted across the wall as a film played on the artist's projector, depicting evocative dancers in an Amazon factory, drivers in the countryside and a myriad other human experiences.
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Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
New kicker Matthew Wright lifted the Kansas City Chiefs to a 19-17 victory over the Chargers on Sunday night with a 31-yard field goal that miraculously ricocheted through the uprights.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Back in the Nineties, a story ricocheted all across the Internet that Pink Floyd secretly synced up their 1973 LP Dark Side of the Moon to The Wizard of Oz.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Buehler’s second inning cost the Dodgers the game, and this doesn’t count Freddie Freeman’s throw to second base that ricocheted off Manny Machado’s helmet or the mistake Miguel Rojas made of trying to beat a runner to second base instead of flipping the ball to Gavin Lux.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Instead of a possible double-play, Freeman’s throw glanced off Machado’s helmet and ricocheted into center field.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
His advocacy campaign to remove Harvard’s then-president over plagiarism allegations ricocheted this year to Oxman apologizing for citation errors in her own PhD dissertation.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
New kicker Matthew Wright lifted the Kansas City Chiefs to a 19-17 victory over the Chargers on Sunday night with a 31-yard field goal that miraculously ricocheted through the uprights.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Back in the Nineties, a story ricocheted all across the Internet that Pink Floyd secretly synced up their 1973 LP Dark Side of the Moon to The Wizard of Oz.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Buehler’s second inning cost the Dodgers the game, and this doesn’t count Freddie Freeman’s throw to second base that ricocheted off Manny Machado’s helmet or the mistake Miguel Rojas made of trying to beat a runner to second base instead of flipping the ball to Gavin Lux.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Instead of a possible double-play, Freeman’s throw glanced off Machado’s helmet and ricocheted into center field.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
His advocacy campaign to remove Harvard’s then-president over plagiarism allegations ricocheted this year to Oxman apologizing for citation errors in her own PhD dissertation.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ricocheted
bounced
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Atlanta snuck into the postseason before getting bounced in the Wild Card round.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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He’s bounced between first base and catcher in the minors and also played a bit of second base.—
Aaron Gleeman,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Ricocheted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ricocheted. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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